Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally. More than 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests ...
Every year, more than 350,000 people in the U.S. are not in a hospital when they go into cardiac arrest. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander.