What you need to know about CPR

CPR or CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. It is important to know the basics of CPR for it can double or triple the chances of survival after cardiac arrest.

Countless lives are saved every day by CPR and it is some of the most valuable knowledge you can have.

WHEN TO USE CPR

CRP is most effective when it’s immediately administered once needed and it should only be given if someone shows no signs of life or when they are:

  • Unconscious
  • Unresponsive
  • Not breathing normally or not breathing at all\
  • If someone is gasping for air, use CPR, do not wait until they are not breathing.

CPR can help them survive by circulating oxygenated blood through the body. Without blood flow and oxygen, the heart stops beating, and the brain starts shutting down. The average person can only withstand about six minutes without oxygen before irreversible damage is done to the brain.

HOW TO GIVE CPR

The six basic steps to CRP are:

  1. Call emergency hotline or ask someone else to immediately.
  2. Lay the person on their back and open their airway.
  3. Check for breathing. If they are not breathing, start CPR.
  4. Perform 30 chest compressions.
  5. Give them two rescue breaths.
  6. Repeat until an ambulance or automated external defibrillator (AED) arrives.

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