10:00 pm
Friday 14 October 2022
Written by: Rowaida Ashraf
The American Heart Association recommends manual CPR only, for people with cardiac arrest outside the hospital.
According to her, regarding 39 percent of people who experience cardiac arrest outside the hospital receive immediate help before professional help arrives.
Hands-only CPR may be more comfortable and more likely to provide relief.
The American Heart Association still recommends compression and breath CPR for infants, children, victims of drowning, drug overdose, or people collapsing with breathing problems. Performing CPR immediately can double or even triple a person’s chance of survival. of cardiac arrest, according to the “readersdigest” website.
If the person is not breathing, their heart will stop. Perform CPR (chest compressions and rescue breaths) to help circulation and oxygenation.
These are the CPR steps everyone should know:
1. Place your hand (above): Ensure that the patient is lying on his back on a stable surface, kneel next to him and place the heel of your hand in the middle of his chest.
2. Fingers interlock (above): Keeping your arms straight, cover the first hand with the heel of your other hand and interlock the fingers of both hands together. Keep your fingers raised so they don’t touch the patient’s chest or rib cage (check Emergency First Aid Kit Basics).
3. Chest compressions (above): Lean forward so that your shoulders are directly above the patient’s chest and press down on the chest regarding two inches. Release the pressure, but not your hands, let the chest come back, and repeat the process to give 30 compressions at a rate of 100 compressions per minute.
4. Opening the airway (above): Move to the patient’s head, tilt his head and lift his chin to open the airway once more, let his mouth open slightly.
5. Giving rescue breaths (above): Close the nostrils with the hand that was on the forehead and support the patient’s chin with your other hand, take a normal breath, place your mouth over the patient’s mouth, and blow until you see their chest rise.
6. Watching the chest fall: Remove your mouth from the patient’s mouth and look along the chest, watching it fall. Repeat steps five and six once.
7. Repeat chest compressions and rescue breaths: Place your hands on his chest once more and repeat a cycle of 30 chest compressions, followed by rescue breaths, continuing the cycle.
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