Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

BLS CPR Training Guide CPR stands for Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. This involves the giving if life giving breaths and a series of external chest compression to person who has no breathing and no pulse. Often, CPR is associated with medical emergencies such as heart attack, drowning, chocking. It should be noted however that CPR is applicable to any situation where in the victim or patient has no breathing and no signs of life The Chain of Survival The chain of survival involves a series of procedures that a first aider or responder should do to increase the chances of the victim’s survival. The four links of the chain are as follows: 1. Early Access- immediately call for an ambulance or the EMS to insure that
This condition occurs when the person died and several hours has elapsed already. 2. Livor Mortis - commonly known as lividity. When the heart stops pumping due to cardiac arrest, the blood does not circulate anymore and blood is pulled by gravity. This condition can be observed by looking at the body of the victim. Half of the patients body which is near the ground will be somewhat bluish, this indicates that blood has been pulled by gravity to the ground. The upper half will be pale. 3. Crushed head or skull - if the victims head or skull is crushed by 50% or more, CPR is not necessarily applied.
4. Decapitated head or body - if the head has been has been separated or the body is cut in half, clearly the victim is beyond recovery
5. Decomposition - when the body is decomposing already, this is a sign of certain death and CPR is no longer necessary.
6. DNR – this are actually legal orders from a physician. This means, Do Not Resuscitate. In some cases, the patient has requested for a do not resuscitate order. Basically this is a lawful and binding order. The author demonstrating CPR to employees of Taj Resort, Mali, Republic of
Bring the heel of your hand to the patients sternum until the heel of the hand is directly on top of the sternum while keeping the middle finger aligned with the nipple. Place the other hand on top of the other hand. The fingers can be interlocked or not. What is important is that only the heel of your hand should making the compression with the assistance of your upper body. This can be accomplished by moving your upper body forward until your shoulders are parallel with your hands.
Give 30 compressions, at a rare of 100 compressions per minute. The depthness of compression should be at least 1 1/2" to 2 inches for adults.
For Children, you may use one or both hands during compression. Compress the chest 1/3 to 1/2 the depth of chest.
For infants compress using 2 fingers. Compress the chest 1/3 to 1/2 the depth of chest.
Provide Cycles of CPR and Rescue Breaths
Perform 5 cycle of 30 compressions and 2 ventilations. This should be accomplished in two minutes time. The compression as mentioned should be given at a rate of 100 compressions per minute and blows should be given at 1 second each