Adult CPR by: Donald Turner III (2014) Interruptions Recognition Activate the 911 System Compressions Compression Quality What is an Adult? Airway Breathing Pulse Checks AED Adult CPR is performed on anyone who is going through puberty or is older. To identify if someone is in need CPR, first check if they are responsive by shaking them or calling their name. Second, check to see if they are breathing. Lastly, check to see if they have a pulse for no more than 10 seconds. If they are unresponsive, not breathing, and without a pulse, start CPR! After confirming that the victim needs CPR, send someone to call 911 or call 911 yourself as soon as possible because you will need emergency responders to assist you and to transport the victim to the hospital. Place the palm of one hand on the breast bone and the other hand on top of that hand. You must perform 30 chest compressions to every 2 breaths (30:2) with chest compressions starting first. Your goal is to perform at least 100 chest compressions a minute. While performing chest compressions, you should have a depth of at least 2 inches and allow the chest to fully recoil before performing another one. It is important to keep in mind that you should be pushing hard and fast to provide adequate perfusion to the victim’s body. You should take precautions to minimize any interruptions to the chest compressions. Any interruptions should not be longer than 10 seconds. To insure that the body will get adequate oxygen during ventilations, you must make sure that the airway of the victim is clear by tilting the head of the patient back and lifting his chin forward to open airway. This is called a head tilt-chin lift. As soon as a AED is available, you should attach it to the victim by placing the pad marked for the upper right chest on the upper right chest and the other pad on the lower left abdomen as the other one instructs. You can then turn on the AED and follow the instructions that it gives you. Remember to clear the area of the victim if the AED advises to shock the patient! After every two minutes of CPR, you should stop and check if the patient has regained their pulses back by checking for a carotid pulse in their neck for no more than 10 seconds. If there is still no pulses back, continue CPR and switch roles with a partner if able to. After 30 compressions, you should give the victim 2 ventilations over 10 seconds, so 1 breath over 5, if able to with the correct equipment. Each ventilation should only be given enough force to see the victim’s chest rise. If the equipment is not available, you can skip this step and just do chest compressions.
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Adult CPRby: Donald Turner III (2014)
Interruptions
Recognition Activate the 911 System
Compressions
Compression Quality
What is an Adult?
AirwayBreathingPulse Checks
AED
Adult CPR is performed on anyone who is going through puberty or is older.
To identify if someone is in need CPR, first check if they are responsive by shaking them or calling their name. Second, check to see if they are breathing. Lastly, check to see if they have a pulse for no more than 10 seconds. If they are unresponsive, not breathing, and without a pulse, start CPR!
After confirming that the victim needs CPR, send someone to call 911 or call 911 yourself as soon as possible because you will need emergency responders to assist you and to transport the victim to the hospital.
Place the palm of one hand on the breast bone and the other hand on top of that hand. You must perform 30 chest compressions to every 2 breaths (30:2) with chest compressions starting first. Your goal is to perform at least 100 chest compressions a minute.
While performing chest compressions, you should have a depth of at least 2 inches and allow the chest to fully recoil before performing another one. It is important to keep in mind that you should be pushing hard and fast to provide adequate perfusion to the victim’s body.
You should take precautions to minimize any interruptions to the chest compressions. Any interruptions should not be longer than 10 seconds.
To insure that the body will get adequate oxygen during ventilations, you must make sure that the airway of the victim is clear by tilting the head of the patient back and lifting his chin forward to open airway. This is called a head tilt-chin lift.
As soon as a AED is available, you should attach it to the victim by placing the pad marked for the upper right chest on the upper right chest and the other pad on the lower left abdomen as the other one instructs. You can then turn on the AED and follow the instructions that it gives you. Remember to clear the area of the victim if the AED advises to shock the patient!
After every two minutes of CPR, you should stop and check if the patient has regained their pulses back by checking for a carotid pulse in their neck for no more than 10 seconds. If there is still no pulses back, continue CPR and switch roles with a partner if able to.
After 30 compressions, you should give the victim 2 ventilations over 10 seconds, so 1 breath over 5, if able to with the correct equipment. Each ventilation should only be given enough force to see the victim’s chest rise. If the equipment is not available, you can skip this step and just do chest compressions.
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