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Your hands should be placed flat, one on top of another, in the center of the chest approximately at the nipple line. Right on the sternum but never go below the sternum where the xiphoid process is, at the very end of the sternum itself.

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How many chest compressions should be performed per minute during hands-only CPR?

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Where do you do compressions for CPR on the body?

Directly over the heart, right between the nipples.


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Why do you let the chest 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.