4CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)

CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)

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Important Definitions Cardiac Arrest: Condition in which the heart has stopped or is

too weak to pump effectively enough to provide a palpable pulse

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): The technique which combines air resuscitation and external chest compressions for a victim whose breathing and have stopped.

Learning Objectives: Be able to define CPR and CPR-related terms. Know the CPR process. Fully understand the stages for CPR and be able to put them

into action. Differentiate the CPR processes between adults, children and

infants.

Definition and Stages

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Cardicac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating or fails to beat regularly enough circulate blood effectively. Breathing soon ceases. Cardiac arrest is life-threatening emergency be-cause the vital organs of the body are no longer receiving oxygen-rich blood. Every year, tens of thousands of heart at-tack victims die of cardiac arrest before reaching a hospital.

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0 4 6 10

Breath-ing stop

Brain dam-age possi-

ble

Brain dam-age likely

Signs of Cardiac Arrest

No response.

No breathing.

No sings of circulation.

Brain dam-age almost

certain

Definition and Stages

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Definition and Stages

CPR

Adult Over 8 years old

Child 1 to 8 years oldIn-

fant Under 1 years old

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Check for Consciousness and Begin Care

• Ask “Are you all right?” and see if there is a response.

• Call 1-1-9 • Ask “Bring the AED.”

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logroll first-aid technique

If you are alone:• Kneel at the waistline area of the

victim.• Attempt to roll the victim as a sin-

gle unit by grasping the opposite shoulder and opposite hip, rolling the victim towards you.

• As soon as movement begins take your hand from the shoulder to support the head and neck area until the victim is flat or in the Re-covery Position.

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Chest Compressions① Locate the correct hand position by placing

the heel of one hand on the person’s ster-num (breastbone) in the center of the per-son’s chest.

② Place your other hand directly on top of the first hand. Try to keep your fingers off the chest by interlacing them or holding them upward. 5~6 cm

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5~6 cmChest Compressions

③ If you have arthritis, you can give compressions by grasp-ing the wrist of the hand positioned on the chest with your other hand.④ Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands. ⑤ Push straight down with the weight of your body, then re-lease, allowing the chest to return to the normal position. For an adult, compress 5-6 centimeters.⑥ Give 30 chest compressions in about 18 seconds.

Open the Airway

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① Place one hand on the person’s forehead and the other on the person’s chin. ② Open the airway by tilting the head and lift-ing the chin.

Give 2 Rescue Breaths

Deliver 2 rescue breaths, each for about 1 second. Be-tween each rescue breath, you should see the chest rise and fall.

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Continue Chest Compressions

Give another 30 compressions and repeat cycle until EMS arrives.

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recovery position

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kneel on the floor on one side of the personplace the arm nearest you at a right angle to their body with their hand upwards towards the head

tuck their other hand un-der the side of their head, so that the back of their hand is touching their cheek

bend the knee farthest from you to a right angleroll the person onto their side carefully by pulling on the bent kneethe top arm should be supporting the head and the bottom arm will stop you rolling them too far

open their airway by gently tilting their head back and lifting their chin, and check that noth-ing is blocking their airwaystay with the person and monitor their breath-ing and pulse continuously until help arrivesif their injuries allow you to, turn the person onto their other side after 30 minutes

CPR for Adult flow

Check for Consciousness and Begin Care

Chest Compressions

Open the Airway

Give 2 Rescue Breaths

recovery posi-tion

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