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The compression rate is the amount of compressions per a unit of time. The CPR rate is 100 compressions per minute; which means if you gave compressions straight through, no stopping, for 1 minute, you would have given 100 compressions. However, we give 30 compressions and then give 2 breaths, then back to compressions, so we average 75 actual compressions per minute, but we give the compressions at a rate of 100 per minute.
The normal adult heart rate is between 60 and 100 bpm, (beats per minute), the size of the heart is about the same as your own fist, therefore:- When performing CPR, you should compress the lower half of the sternum just above the xiphoid process about 4 - 5 cm deep at a rate of 100 compressions per minute.
2010 AHA guidelines now require at least 100 compressions per minute, however you can do more. The best option is 100-120 compressions per minute.100 chest compressions per minute is the rate at which the chest compressions should be performed.Chest compressions should be preformed at a rate of 100 compressions per min. 30 compressions should take about 18 seconds.
The 30 compressions should be given at a rate of 100 compressions per minute.
Generally, you need to give compressions at a rate of 100 per minute to fully circulate the blood. That's depressing 1/3 of the depth of the chest for adults, and 1/4 of the chest depth for infants and children.
The rate is 30 compressions at a rate of 100/minute.
100 compressions per minute.
100 compressions per minute.
AT LEAST 100 compressions per minute. The more, the merrier...
100 compressions per minute.
The recommended rate is between 100-120 compressions per minute, so that works out to about one-and-a-half to two compressions per second
The rate for CPR chest compressions is 100 per minute; adult, child, and infant.