CPR(cardiopulmonary resuscitation)? “emergency resuscitation”

reddhotz2000 is entirely incorrect. you will NEVER do more harm than good. You’re doing CPR because they are dead. They cannot become more dead. If you do nothing, they have absolutely NO chance of survival and will 100% die. the worst you may do is break a rib, but this is extremely common regardless of if you’ve never performed CPR or have done it hundreds of times. Some CPR is better than no CPR. Even bad CPR is better than no CPR. It’s sad that a nurse believes you shouldn’t do anything if you’re not trained. To further my point, when you call 911 because someone is not breathing and you believe they are dead, even if you have no idea how to do CPR, the dispatcher is going to tell you over the phone to place your hands in the center of the chest and do 600 compressions. and no one is there to tell you if you’re doing it correctly or not. You’re doing something, and that’s all that matters.

There is now something called Hands-Only CPR and it is highly promoted by the AHA. Hands-Only CPR can be performed by anyone – kids, adults, trained personnel, or people who have never stepped foot in a CPR class. it has two steps. If the patient is not breathing:1. Call 9112. Push hard and fast in the center of the chestThat’s it. you do not breathe for the person, you do not check for a pulse, and you do not take a break from compressions (unless you become exhausted). Research now shows that there is far more importance in not stopping compressions than there is to breathe. the thought process is that the body already has enough oxygen, and even as you’re doing compressions, you’re also circulating oxygen and keeping the body oxygenated. and quite honestly, if I were off the clock and I came across a patient who just went down, I would perform Hands-Only CPR. I’ve done CPR more times that I can count and many times the patient vomits. I’m not all about sticking my mouth where someone else is vomiting.Here’s the website:http://handsonlycpr.org/

So while I’ll always recommend taking a CPR course, don’t ever feel like you shouldn’t perform CPR if it is needed. There’s only 2 steps involved.

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