How To Give Cpr Step By Step: CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is an emergency first aid technique that is a combination of chest compressions and artificial ventilation (mouth-to-mouth). It is a life-saving procedure that can help keep someone’s blood flowing after their heart stops beating, as well as double or triple the chances of survival after cardiac arrest.
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The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends the use of the letters CAB to help you remember the order of CPR steps:
How To Give Cpr Step By Step
According to the American Red Cross, here are the 7 steps for performing CPR:
- Asess the situation
- Make sure the person is on a firm surface
- Tap the person on the shoulder and confirm that they need help.
- Call for help
- Look for someone who can get an automated external defibrillator (AED) if available at the nearest emergency medical care center.
- If there is no AED available, stay with the victim and call 911.
- Open the airway
- Lay the person on their back, and tilt their head back to lift their chin.
- Remove any obvious blockages in the mouth or nose, such as vomit, blood, food, or loose teeth.
- Check for breathing
- Listen carefully for breathing sounds for at least 10 seconds (except for occasional gasping sounds).
- If you cannot hear breathing sounds, begin CPR.
- Start chest compressions
- Kneel next to the person’s neck and shoulders.
- Position both of your hands (lower palms) on top of each other in the middle of the person’s chest.
- Compress (push straight down) the chest at least 2 inches (5 cm) but no more than 2.4 inches (6 cm).
- Use your entire body weight (not just your arms) to deliver pressure at a rate of at least 100 compressions per minute.
- Push hard and fast.
- Allow a few seconds after each push so that the chest springs back.
- Deliver rescue breaths
- Tilt the person’s head back, lift their chin, pinch their nose shut, and place your mouth over their mouth to make a complete seal.
- After mouth-to-mouth contact, blow to make the person’s chest rise.
- If the chest rises, deliver a second breath.
- Deliver at least two rescue breaths first, then continue compressions.
- Continue CPR steps
- Continue with the chest compressions cycles and breathing until:
- The person exhibits signs of life, such as breathing or movement.
- An AED becomes available.
- Emergency medical services or a trained medical responder arrives on the scene and takes over.
- What is the most common reason CPR is needed?
- CPR is needed if a person is unconscious, not breathing, or breathing abnormally
Critical components of a high-quality CPR include the following
– Minimize interruptions in chest compressions
-Provide chest compressions of adequate depth and rate
-Do not lean on the victim between compressions
-Ensure proper hand placement
-Avoid excessive ventilation
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