How to Perform CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency aid done to people who may need assistance to maintain their breathing and heartbeat. Be ready to help in any emergency with these straightforward instructions.
Practice universal safety precautions before even attempting to help the victim. If you have any protective clothing material, put them on.
Try to wake the victim by rubbing your knuckles briskly on the victim’s sternum. If the victim shows signs of consciousness like moaning, gasping or eye activities, then step back. You don’t need to perform CPR in this case.
Check for a pulse by feeling for the carotid artery and feel for five to ten seconds.
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If the victim does not show signs of consciousness, open the victim’s airway by tilting his head backward so that the chin is going upward. Listen for signs of breathing by checking if the victim’s chest is moving, or if you can hear the victim breathing or you can feel the victim’s breath on your cheek.
If there is no breathing activity, pinch the victim’s nose and make a seal over the victim’s mouth using your own mouth. Use a CPR mask if you have it. Breathe one big breath or two consecutive smaller ones into the victim’s mouth. Keep an eye out for the chest rise. Let the chest fall, and repeat once more.
Put the heel of your hand on the middle of the victim’s chest, with your other on the top. Interlace your fingers and curl them inwards. Compress or press down the chest to one and a half to two inches. Use your body weight to put force behind the compression. Allow the chest to come back again without bouncing your hands off or breaking contact with the victim’s sternum. Compress again, with a rate of 100 a minute. Repeat the compressions until you’ve completed 30 compressions in a row.
Repeat he rescue breath, making sure the chest rises twice before going back to chest compressions.
Make 30 more compressions and check for breathing. If the victim is still not breathing or showing signs of consciousness, go back to rescue breaths, and 30 chest compressions in a row. Continue doing this until help arrives.
A, B, C
A quick mnemonic to remember how to perform CPR is doing the ABC
A is for Airway. Check the airway and clear it to rescue breath right away.
B is for Breathing. Breathe air into the victim via rescue breathing.
C for Circulation. Aid circulation by doing chest compressions.
This memory mnemonic can help a lot for high-pressure situations when you need it the most.