No you do not perform CPR when a dog is conscious.
Lay them on there side if they stop breathing perform CPR call 911
Yes you can perform CPR on persons with pacemakers. Follow the same procedure.
Anyone who is properly trained or not properly trained for cardiopulmonary resuscitation can perform CPR when necessary. CPR is utilized in a life-and-death situation.
It only takes 1 person to perform CPR. An advanced CPR course can be taken to train you on 2-person CPR, which makes it easier and more productive than 1 person CPR.
When you perform CPR, you provide blood, oxygen, and life to the heart and brain.
You should not unless it is part of your job description. If it is part of your job description, you are required to perform CPR if someone needs it.
Yes you can perform CPR on a person with an artificial heart valve. There is no difference on the CPR procedure with an artificial valve.
If you perform CPR on a person who is breathing and has a pulse, you would decrease the effectiveness of their own breaths & heart pumps. If a person is breathing and has a good pulse, during the check you should be able to determine the person has signs of life. In fact, if you try to perform CPR, they may resist. If the person is barley breathing and you do not determine they are breathing, better to perform CPR if in question because if the breathing is that faint, it will only be a short amount of time before they loose signs of life. The probability of a side affect of performing CPR with faint signs of life is small.
If CPR is art of the job description, then yes; otherwise no.
Do not change the way you perform CPR for someone with recent heart bypass surgery.
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