IIf you ask many older physicians in emergency medicine what "CCR" stands for, they might talk to you about a rock band that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s that still gets some play on the "oldies ...

The EMS division of Henderson Fire Department has changed they way they revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest, and if studies are any indication, others in Southern Nevada may follow their lead.

April 17, 2006 — Editor's Note: Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) — employing chest compressions but no ventilations — improves survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to the results of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Soaring survival rates for Arizona cardiac-arrest victims given the "new CPR" are receiving national attention, boosting the push to adopt the technique worldwide. But rescuers in ...

First responders say a new CPR technique is saving more lives. It’s called Cardio-Cerebral Resuscitation, or CCR. With this technique, first responders focus more on chest compressions on the patient, ...

Cardiac arrest victims need not hold their breath any longer, as a new technique for resuscitation has emerged. Dr. Gordon Ewy, director of the UA’s Sarver Heart Center, and a CPR research group have ...

-- Oct. 30--Experiencing cardiac arrest outside of a hospital can be extremely deadly. According to Yuma Fire Department Battalion Chief Rod Reed, nationwide between 3 and 5 percent of people who ...