Every five years the American Heart Association reviews and releases updated CPR Guidelines. These updated guidelines, which were announced Monday, assure that the most life-saving techniques available are in the hands of frontline responders to cardiac emergencies.
EMT-Paramedic faculty member Bob Elling is the media spokesperson and a local board member for the AHA. He spoke with several news outlets yesterday about the new guidelines.
Here are three highlights:
– If a bystander is not trained in CPR, the bystander should provide Hands-Only’ (compression-only) CPR for the adult victim who suddenly collapses, with an emphasis to ‘push hard and fast’ on the center of the chest
– A focus on doing chest compressions first, when administering CPR (the focus used to be on airway and breathing first)
– Chest compressions on adult patients should reach a depth of two inches down on the breastbone
Learn more by watching this YouTube video.
Learn more at www.Heart.org/CPR and www.Heart.org/ECCguidelines
Published: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 by e.bryant