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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
A New Focus and Simplification of CPR Expected to Save More Lives!
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures has been revised and simplified! Now, the primary focus of CPR is chest compressions with less emphasis on rescue breathing. This new focus seems to have improved survivability rates. New procedures recommend twice as many compressions as before, now 30 compressions for every two rescue breaths delivered.Dr. Shukri David, Chief of Cardiology at Providence Hospital at St. John’s Health System, explains the philosophy behind the changes to CPR, "When you compress the chest deep enough, you create a vacuum that pulls in air as you release." The new and simplified guidelines encourage rescuers to perform deep compressions, approximately two inches downward (for adults), in the middle of the chest, over the breast bone. Allowing the heart to completely refill in between compressions is key to performing the new CPR technique. If there is an interruption to compressions there is an interruption to blood flow to the heart and critical organs.
It’s simple and easy to learn. Reach out in your community and make a difference in somebody’s life. The American Heart Association and your local American Red Cross chapters offer community courses teaching the new and simplified techniques of CPR. "If you perform CPR, you can save someone's life. It's simple and easy to do. All you really need to do is put your hands in the middle of the breast bone and push down two inches," David said. "If you do CPR immediately on someone with cardiac arrest, the survival rate goes from 6 to 50%. This will really make a difference if the population pulls together."
Jerri, DTR
Nutrition Specialist
You never know what you can do, unless you try!
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