CPR

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Early CPR is an important link in the cardiac chain of survival because performing CPR provides oxygenated blood to the vital organs until an AED and more advanced medical personnel become available to take over to give advanced cardiac life support.

Steps to opening an airway, shake, Look, listen and feel, first of all youconfirm person is unconscious or unable to breathe then you look at and see if the chest is rising, then you listen to the lungs to establish no rise and fall in the chest, then you take your cheek and feel for and air escaping the lungs. then you place your one hand just under the neck base and grab the under jaw and tilt the head back with a forward thrust to open airway and keep tongue from blocking, then you sweep the area of the mouth with your index finger and your middle finger to establish a clear airway. once you've done that apply your two finger tips to the neck to feel for a pulse then give 1 to 2 breaths depending on assistants. for 1 man CPR its 1 breath to 5 compressions and 2 man its 2 breaths to 15 compressions.

Don't bother, it's too much hassle. November 2005Resuscitation Council guidelines say to just put your hands in the centre of the chest in line with the nipples. The bony landmark that was used to locate the hand position in CPR is the xiphoid process.

Execute CPR as soon as a person having a heart attack stops breathing.

If you are CPR for the pro certified, the process adds a pulse check.

CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is a fast acting way to save someone. You have to check for any signs of life, which will prevent you from doing CPR if it is not needed. Rescue breaths are about one second long and make the chest rise, lungs inflate, and heart pick its rhythm up. Chest thrusts done at the natural rhythm of the person's heart rate make the heart beat manually instead of by the person's will. It does not work automatically. CPR is done at the ratio 2:32. 2 breaths for every 32 chest thrusts. That's how it saves you.

1 rescuer CPR is 30 compressions to 1 breath.

For children and infants: once every three seconds

For adults: once every five seconds

Perform Infant CPR techniques on ages Birth to 1 year old.

put two fingers a little bit below the lower right portion of the chin

30 compressions that are done with frequency of at least 100/minute. Interupted by 2 rescue breaths

To keep the blood pumping around the body; every time the chest is compressed it contracts the heart and pumps the blood around the body (blood and oxygen is essential to ensure that people survive after the heart stops). Another reason is to keep blood pressure up while waiting for the ambulance crew/s to arrive.

If the patient is not breathing, after giving 30 chest compressions or straight away in a child or someone who has drowned

The jaw thrust maneuver is an alternative method to open the airway.

This is important because any movement of the patient will make a false reading inside the AED. The machine is actually looking for a particular rhythm while the pads are connected to the chest. What it is seeing is very much alike to what is seen on an EKG. The AED will only shock if there are 2 rhythms present: Ventricular Fibrillation, or the quivering of the heart before it actually stops; and ventricular tachycardia which is defined as over 180 beats per minute.

The law varies from state-to-state with regard to the specific scope of immunity protection granted for administrators of CPR. Federally, under the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (11/2000), Congress granted immunity from civil damages for administering CPR and using an AED with some restrictions (i.e. immunity does not apply in cases of gross negligence and/or willful misconduct) a. The Federal Immunity protection supersedes state law if no state laws are enacted

b. All States have enacted legislation granting immunity protection * All States have enacted Good Samaritan immunity protection for rescuers administrating CPR as well as for AED programs (with some restrictions in cases of gross negligence and/or willful misconduct or for any person who receives compensation for rendering such services. * In California, for example, Good Samaritan immunity is granted to those trained in CPR and "who in good faith, renders emergency CPR at the scene of an emergency," those who provide such training ("local agencies and other organizations"), and those who provide instruction. a. The law is vague as to whether "non-certified" responders are granted immunity protection when administering CPR.

b. California's CPR Good Samaritan Law extends to those who have been trained in CPR, while California's AED law extends immunity protection to all who use an AED irrespective of training (as long as the individual, firm, or organization complied with the other statutes of the law) * Nationally, bystanders DO NOT have a duty to respond, however, common carriers and businesses have a duty to call 9-1-1 and to provide medical aid until professional services arrive.

Learn CPR You will learn the basics of how to respond to an emergency situation and what to do to potentially save a life. You will be able to practice performing life saving skills.

about every 2 minutes

CPR, also referred to as Heartsaver or Heartsaver/AED, is taught to individuals who do not currently hold another medical certification or degree. For instance, students in some high schools are required to pass a CPR or Heartsaver course prior to graduation. They are not trained in any other area of health care. The focus of this course is to maintain adequate circulation until trained professionals arrive to assist. The terminology is talored to the "Lay person." BLS for Healthcare Providers is essentially the same course of instruction, however, it is custom-tailored to personnel who work in the healthcare environment and are already trained on medical terminology and basics of first-aid, etc. Specific references in the course are directed at CPR in the clinical setting and assume that the trainee already has a basic understanding of general terminology, anatomy, etc. To get certified online CPR and BLS courses, contact today at: American Safety Training Institution

You can learn CPR by taking a CPR class. Contact your local American Heart or Red Cross for class schedules.

vital signs are monitored.Additional tests to measure cardiac damage will be performed.Treatment options will be determined from the outcome of these procedures. The patient's skin is cleansed to remove gel.if necessary, electrical burns are treated

Because the xiphoid process is the last section of the sternum it is easily broken off during CPR and can possibly puncture lung and/or other organs.