CPR has long contain three footfall : make one ’s airway , administer mouth - to - mouth respiration , and pump their chest . But the American Heart Association ’s unexampled guidepost say that untrained resuscitators should just bound off the whole mouth - to - sass part . Wait ! No !
The new guidelines state that chest compression are the most important part of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation , and in most display case , especially if the resuscitator do n’t have formal CPR training , they should be the first step engage .
Recent studies showed that get with chest compressions yielded gamey natural selection rates for people in cardiac taking into custody — the lawsuit for the vast legal age of situations in which CPR would be administer . Dr. Michael Sayre , coauthor of the Modern guidelines , says that the traditional technique “ was causing significant wait in starting chest compressions , which are indispensable to keeping atomic number 8 - racy blood circulating through the body . ”
position in which an individual is under respiratory distress — a drug overdose , say , or drowning — will benefit from traditional mouth - to - mouth , though , which have in mind that this classical trick from The Sandlot should still work just fine .
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Here are the AHA ’s full instruction for the new CPR :
— Before starting , shake the victim ’s shoulders and call out to see if he answer .
— If the victim is not breathing , yell for someone to call 911 . If you ’re alone , call 911 .
— start chest compressions . Push hard and immobile on the nerve centre of the chest of drawers at a rate of at least 100 compressions a hour ( which happen to be the pulse of the 1977 Bee Gees disco hit “ Stayin ’ Alive ” ) .
— promote down on the dresser at least 2 inches with each compression . Make certain you fully resign the chest before beginning the next compression .
— If you have not been trained in CPR , continue chest compressions until assist arrive .
— If you have been direct , after 30 dresser compressions open up an airway and lead off mouth - to - mouth breathing . Give two breath , then resume chest compressions . proceed set of 30 chest compressions and two breaths until help arrives .
100 compressions a moment is also the beat of “ Quit Playing Games With My Heart ” by the Backstreet Boys and “ Heartbreaker ” by Mariah Carey , points out Giz editor and all - around weirdo Jason Chen , which I must admit is some excellent cosmic CPR / BPM punnage . [ SF GateandAHA ]
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