Steps To Follow For Cpr

Updated CPR C-A-B Guidelines Released

Updated CPR C-A-B Guidelines Released

Compressions, Airway and Breathing With or Without a CPR Mask

The American Heart Association has released its 2010 guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and published these changes in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Chest compressions are now the recommended first step for lay and professional responders assisting individuals in cardiac arrest. The A-B-Cs (Airway Breathing Compressions) of CPR should now be C A B (Compressions Airway Breathing).

No longer is the recommendation to look, listen and feel for normal breathing before beginning CPR. Now, compressions should be started immediately on anyone who is unresponsive and not breathing normally. Then the airway should be cleared, and the last step would be B Breathing, either with or without a CPR mask.

The change in the CPR sequence applies to adults, children and infants, but excludes newborns. Other recommendations, based mainly on research published since the last AHA resuscitation guidelines in 2005 are as follows:

During CPR, rescuers should give chest compressions a little faster at a rate of at least 100 times a minute

Rescuers should push deeper on the chest, compressing at least two inches in adults and children and 1.5 inches in infants

Between each compression, rescuers should avoid leaning on the chest to allow it to return to its starting position

Rescuers should avoid stopping chest compressions and avoid excessive ventilation

All 9-1-1 centers should assertively provide instructions over the telephone to get chest compressions started when cardiac arrest is suspected

Ralph Sacco, M.D., president of the American Heart Association said, Sudden cardiac arrest claims hundreds of thousands of lives every year in the United States and the American Heart Associations guidelines have been used to train millions of people in lifesaving techniques. Despite our success, the research behind the guidelines is telling us that more people need to do CPR to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest, and that the quality of CPR matters, whether its given by a professional or non-professional rescuer.

It is a must these days for each and every individual to learn the use of emergency medical products.

With the proper CPR education and equipment such as a CPR mask, professional responders and non-professional rescuers can increase the survival rate for those facing sudden cardiac arrest.

by: Alex Robinson

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