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Save a Life with CPR


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I just returned from one of the most eventful shopping trips ever! As I was grocery shopping the PA announcement said "If there is anyone who knows CPR could you come to the back room". As a past employee of The American Heart Association, I went running.

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When I got there, at least 8 or more people were standing around a fellow employee who was lying on the floor. He was working in back and went to answer a phone call and just fell over.

There was a woman reluctantly putting on a pair of rubber gloves to try to help him in some way. I had to walk her through the correct procedure. Many times no one jumps right in to help because of the common fear of having to give a stranger mouth to mouth resuscitation.

So I am writing this to let you all know that, the American Heart Association NO LONGER suggests that you need to do that.

What you DO need to do immediately and continuously until the ambulance personnel arrives is to place BOTH hands (one on top of the other) directly over the victim's chest and rhythmically pump their chest every second. Push hard and don't stop. If you do tire, ask someone else to continue pumping.

If someone isn't breathing they only have 3 minutes without air before they begin to suffer brain damage so getting air into their body is important!

If you happen to have rubber gloves or if it's a loved one, you might also fish into their mouth first to make sure the didn't have an obstruction in their throat and that their tongue is out of the way, but the pumping is MANDATORY for survival.

I can't tell you the end of this story. Just because a victim starts breathing again, they still need to get a regular heartbeat back and we won't know that until their visit to the hospital is over, but at least we did whatever we could have to help him get that chance.

I urge everyone to take a CPR course. It can help with heart attacks, drowning victims, electrical accidents, and so much more! Who knows whose life you might save and think about how you'd feel if your loved one needed it and you didn't know how to help!

Link: www.theamericanheartassociation.com

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March 2, 20161 found this helpful

How lucky for that man that you were tnere!

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March 3, 20160 found this helpful

Thanks. I really hope everyone learns CPR though...you never know........

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March 6, 20160 found this helpful

Yes, everyone should learn CPR and AED use.

Actually, AHA DOES still teach breathing. Only the layperson non credited (no card earned) class suggest compressions only. All other levels of the classes, teach breathing either with or without a mask.

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The correct rate for compressions is 100 per minute, which is more than 1 per second. For an adult, you need to push 2 inches.

This is per the AHA 2015 guidelines (latest revision).

I have been an instructor for the AHA since 1976.

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March 7, 20160 found this helpful

This is true. I was just emphasizing that a layperson needn't breath into the victim if that keeps them from trying to help them save a life!

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