Good day. The American Heart Association has changed some of the CPR steps. Here is your refresher (I have to adhere to these changes [though somewhat stupid] since I'm an instructor and must keep it uniform):

Adults:
-Call 9-1-1 or have a bystander call while,
-Check for response from victim. If no response, roll onto back and remove obstructing clothing.
-Kneel as close to person as possible.
-Place heel of one hand in the center of their chest, between the nipples, then put other hand ontop while interlocking your fingers.
-Be sure your shoulders are roughly above the center of their chest, lock elbows, and pivot at hip to prevent arm fatigue.
-Perform 30 chest compressions at a rate of 100/min or slightly faster (Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" is a good pace) pushing 1.5-2 inches into the chest.
-If you are CPR qualified, proceed to,
-Check for breathing by placing ear close to mouth to listen and feel while also looking parallel along the ground at their chest for any signs of chest rising and falling.
-If not breathing, perform head-tilt chin lift, pinch nose, take breath, seal your mouth around theirs, give 1-second breath, pause, another 1-second breath.
-If bystander is around, ask for them to perform chest compressions as to prevent fatigue. If not, keep performing 30 more chest compressions and 2 1-second breaths until medical personnel arrive.

Won't bother with child/infant CPR.

Disclaimer: Reading this does not make you CPR qualified. To be qualified you must attend a CPR class. Do not attempt to perform CPR if another is more qualified and do not attempt to be a hero.

 

what if they have a pulse? o:

 

Actually they have removed the breathing from CPR as it takes away from the more important tasks of compressions to simulate the blood flow. h:

 

You can check for that too, but this is why I don't agree with the new changes. If you don't do a look/listen/feel breathing test before CPR then...well you're just cracking ribs on someone who may not need it.


They removed the first action into CPR being the breathing and have compressions start right away. Still have to give breathes, just after the first and following sets of compressions.

 

I was sad when they dumped the hulk smash.

 

BRB getting sued.

 

I just took my CPR training class at work about a month ago so now I'm qualified.

It was kind of funny though, our instructor told us to use Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" to keep the pace. :hsugh:

 

yeah, funny until you start singing it....

 

You must have copied that down wrong or the AHA has caught their collective heads in their asses.

If you do compressions and they already have a pulse(which is not checked in list provided) you can actually make the heart stop beating. If you try to do rescue breathing and the airway is blocked, you are wasting your time and the victim's brain cells. You have to watch to see if chest rises and falls, if not, airway is blocked.

Just checking for responsiveness is not an adequate assessment. Going to have to write those mugs a letter about it.


Oh, and if it comes down to one of you guys singing "Another one bites the dust" as you lean over me doing chest compressions, just let me die.

 

:rofl: +1.