Enhancing CPR: Key Updates in the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines

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This hospital blog post describes the new changes in CPR from the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines. The updates focus on making CPR easier to learn and perform, using better training tools, and encouraging more people to help during emergencies. It also highlights new ways to check for breathing and pulse, improved teamwork during resuscitation, and updated advice for children and infants. These changes aim to save more lives by helping everyone give better care in emergencies.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: American Heart Association; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Clinical Protocols; Emergency Medical Services; Heart Arrest; Guidelines as Topic; Evidence-Based Practice

Institutions: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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