What you need to know about CPR?

CPR Basic Guidelines:

Doing CPR right away can double or even triple a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest.

• Place the heel of your hand on the center of the chest
• Keeping your arms straight, cover the first hand with the heel of your other hand and interlock the fingers of both hands together. Keep your fingers raised so they do not touch the patient’s chest or rib cage
• Lean forward so that your shoulders are directly over the patient’s chest and press down on the chest about two inches. Release the pressure, but not your hands, and let the chest come back up. Repeat to give 30 compressions at a rate of 100 compressions per minute.
• Move to the patient’s head. Tilt his head and lift his chin to open the airway again. Let his mouth fall open slightly.
• Pinch the nostrils closed with the hand that was on the forehead and support the patient’s chin with your other hand. Take a normal breath, put your mouth over the patient’s, and blow until you can see his chest rise.
• Remove your mouth from the patient’s and look along the chest, watching the chest fall. Repeat steps five and six once.
• Place your hands on the chest again and repeat the cycle of 30 chest compressions, followed by two rescue breaths. Continue the cycle.

These are handy CPR steps. Remember to teach these steps to your children too.