Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
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When breathing has stopped and no pulse:
- Stretch the victim flat on his back on the ground.
- Kneel at his side and strike his breastbone sharply with your fist.
- This may start the heart beating.
- If it doesn’t, feet the victim’s chest to locate the lower tip of his breastbone.
- Put one finger of your left hand on the cartilage.
- Move the heel of the right hand (never use the palm) against the finger.
- Place the left hand on top of the right.
- With a quick firm thrust, push down.
- Use force to press the lower one third of the breastbone down 1 ½ inches – letting your back and body do the work, not the arms.
- Now lift your weight.
- Repeat this rhythmic compression one per second
- Press……..release…….press……release……
- If you are alone with the victim, stop after 15 compressions and give him 2 mouth-to-mouth.
- Continue this 15 to 2 rhythm until help arrives.
- If someone can assist you, let him kneel at the victim’s head and give him mouth-to-mouth respiration at the rate of 12 times a minute – 1 breath for every 5 compression.
- Continue complete CPR until the victim revives--- pupils constrict, his color improves, breathing begins and pulse returns.
- A person can be kept alive this way at least an hour.
- Remember to call a Doctor or ambulance even before beginning CPR!
- CAUTION: Even when done correctly, CPR may cause cracked rib. When done incorrectly, the tip of the breastbone or a broken rib can puncture the liver or a lung. But in crisis, even if you are not trained, give CPR. Without it, any one whose heart has stopped will die.
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