Why CPR is Important?

"The Los Angeles Times" reported in 2008 that despite the new guidelines for adu lts, standard CPR is more effective when used on children. Overview Your breathing and heartbeat can stop for a number of reasons, from heart attack to blood infections to accidents. However, death does not have to be the outcom e. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as CPR, was developed to help increase y our chances of survival. Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is a procedure in which you basically try to restart someone's breathing or heart by manually compressing the person's ch est and pushing air into the lungs by breathing into the person's mouth. The breathing portion of the procedure is known as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, rescue breathing or ventilation. The American Heart Association or AHA, Red Cro ss, local governments, schools and community centers all offer CPR training. Types Standard CPR includes both mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compression. T he University of Washington School of Medicine says mouth-to-mouth provides oxyg en to the lungs of the victim. Even though you are exhaling, your breath will st ill be about 16 percent oxygen. Compression acts to keep blood circulating throughout the body. If a person's he art has stopped, there's nothing to pump the blood and keep it moving unless som eone performs compression CPR. Dr. Gordon A. Ewy, writing in a 2007 paper published in the journal "Circulation ," warns that blood flow in someone whose heart has stopped is weak enough that "any interruption in chest compressions, even for breathing, lowers the chances of survival." History The AHA reports that the first official support for a resuscitation procedure oc curred in France in 1740, when the Paris Academy of Sciences advocated using mou th-to-mouth resuscitation to revive drowning victims. Chest compression was first documented in 1891, although the first successful re corded chest compression didn't happen until 1903. Modern CPR came about in 1960 . In 2008, the AHA released additional guidelines that said compression-only CPR could be just as effective in an adult whose heart has stopped as combined brea thing and compression. Emergency Services In situations where only one rescuer is attempting to resuscitate someone who h as collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest, the proper procedure is to contact emer gency services immediately (call 911), and begin the process of performing chest compressions and rescue breathing at a rate of 30 compressions to 2 breaths. Conclusion : Cardiopulmanonary resuscitation as CPR is the most of combination of mouth-to mo uth resusciation and chest compressions that delivers oxygen and artificial bloo d circulation to a person who is in cardiac. It can be live-saving first aid.

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