Since pushing on the chest is compressing the heart between the sternum and spine, you must let the chest recoil to allow the blood to re-fill the chambers before compressing the chest (pumping the heart) again.
The elasticity of the rib bones and muscles causes the chest to rebound when compressed.
While performing CPR, allow the chest to fully recoil by making sure you have no pressure on the chest without lifting your hands off the chest.
allows the heart to refill with blood between chest compressions.
Let the chest recoil by itself. Your hands should be resting on the chest during its recoil, but applying no pressure.
victim will resume breathing on their own
victim will resume breathing on their own
During CPR when you are compressing the chest, when you lift up from the chest it is called a recoil, it allows the blood to go through the heart. If you don't give it time to recoil ( allow the blood to go through the heart) than you are not doing any good for the patient or any good for yourself you are pushing yourself to hard and leaves the patient in danger.
The chest wall and the lung tissue recoil
After the compression is applied, your hands should rest on the chest with no force. The chest will recoil by itself. Your hands should not lift from the chest when it rebounds.
The chest will recoil after compressions automatically. Just make sure that when the chest recoils, your arms are not resisting the recoil, e.g. your hands should be resting on the chest during the recoil, without coming off the chest.
weight off from the victims chest
Tell the compressor you notice decreased chest
Allow full reco ilof the chest but maintain skin to skin contact
Compression depth does not affect the recoil ability of the chest; compress 1/2 to 1 inch for infant, 1 to 1 1/2 inches child and 2 inches for an adult.
After you compress or push down onto the chest, let your weight come completely off of the patients chest. You can leave your hand on there but make sure that you arent depressing the chest.
Allow your hand to come off the chest slightly. Not so much that you lose your position but just enough to ensure that you are not applying pressure.
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