Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): First aid - Mayo Clinic
2024年7月18日 · Chest compressions. To do chest compressions, place the lower palm of your hand over the center of the person's chest and your other hand on top of your first hand. Keep your elbows straight. Place your shoulders directly above your hands. Using your upper body weight, push straight down on the chest about 2 inches (5 centimeters).
What is CPR | American Heart Association CPR & First Aid
There are two commonly known versions of CPR: For healthcare providers and those trained: conventional CPR using chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing at a ratio of 30:2 compressions-to-breaths.
How to Perform CPR - Adult CPR Steps - American Red Cross
The American Red Cross CPR guidelines recommend 100 to 120 chest compressions per minute, 30 at a time. Remember these five points: Hand position: Two hands centered on the chest; Body position: Shoulders directly over hands; elbows locked; Compression depth: At least 2 inches; Rate of compressions: 100 to 120 per minute
What Are Chest Compressions? | Essential CPR Techniques
Learn what chest compressions are, their importance in CPR, and how to perform them correctly to help save lives during a cardiac emergency.
Chest Compressions: How CPR Actually Works - Verywell Health
2024年9月10日 · Perform chest compressions to help restore blood flow to vital organs. Use your body weight to firmly press at least 2 inches deep (but no deeper than 2.4 inches) at a rate of about 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
How To Perform CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) - Cleveland Clinic
CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is a way to save the life of someone who’s in cardiac arrest (when their heart can’t pump blood) by attempting to restart their heart. It’s a fairly simple technique that anyone can learn. The key part of CPR is chest compressions, which keep blood flowing to vital organs until a regular heartbeat returns.
11 things to know to save a life with CPR - American Heart Association
2023年2月1日 · Chest compressions might require opening or cutting away someone's bulky clothing or removing a bra to reach the middle of their chest or apply AED pads. "It is important that people also have an image of how they would do that," Hunt said, because even though it may be a little uncomfortable, they can save a life.
How to Perform CPR: Hands-Only and Mouth-to-Mouth - Healthline
2022年1月3日 · Involves calling for help and then pushing on the chest in a rapid motion. These movements are called chest compressions. Hands-only CPR can prevent a delay in getting blood moving through...
How to perform CPR: Guidelines, procedure, and ratio - Medical News Today
2023年5月22日 · Perform 30 chest compressions. Perform two rescue breaths. Repeat until an ambulance or automated external defibrillator (AED) arrives.
CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - MedlinePlus
2024年5月3日 · "Hands-only" CPR uses chest compressions to keep blood circulating. Chest compressions involve pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest. If you've had training, you can use chest compressions, clear the airway, and do rescue breathing. Rescue breathing helps get oxygen to the lungs for a person who has stopped breathing.