Once you begin CPR, do not stop except in one of these situations: You see an obvious sign of life, such as breathing. An AED is available and ready to use. Another trained responder or EMS personnel take over.
If someone is breathing normally, you usually do not need to perform CPR. Oxygen is still getting to the brain and the heart is obviously functioning for the time being. In this case, call 911 and wait. Keep an eye on the person to note any changes and to start CPR if their condition worsens.
Fear Of Hurting The Victim
Many people hesitate to step up in an emergency because of the fear of doing more harm than good. Or worse, they might break the rib of the victim. The thing is, doing CPR correctly will not break ribs.
If Certified in CPR, You Are Required to Help in an Emergency: FALSE. There are a few states that issue fines to bystanders for not helping in an emergency, but there are no laws that would force a person to give CPR to person in need.
If they do have a pulse but aren't breathing, give them CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) until help arrives. CPR chest compressions are important because they provide oxygenated blood flow to all parts of the body and keep organs alive until medical personnel arrive on scene.
The physicians and scientists at the Sarver Heart Center, have found that the old saying "Never perform CPR on beating heart" is not valid. According to these professionals, the chances that a bystander could harm a person by pressing on their chest are slim to none, even if the heart is working normally.
If you are too tired to continue, you no longer have to administer care. If someone equally or more qualified than you offers help, you are allowed to stop CPR to allow someone who is less tired to assist you.
Since the 2005 update, resuscitation guidelines recommend a sequence of 30 compressions followed by a 5-s interruption for 2 ventilations, the standard 30:2 CPR. During CPR chest compressions are interrupted for various reasons including rescue breaths, rhythm analysis, pulse-checks and defibrillation.
Give two slow, full breaths with a pause in between. If the person's chest does not rise, reposition the head and give two more breaths. If the chest still does not rise, the airway is likely blocked, and you need to start CPR with chest compressions. The compressions may help relieve the blockage.
A do-not-resuscitate order, or DNR order, is a medical order written by a doctor. It instructs health care providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating.
Chest compressions – well anyone will be open to give to victims, who are strangers, but giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is something that prevents bystanders to perform CPR. Good news is that the current CPR guidelines do not administer or recommend the use of mouth-to-mouth breath as a part of CPR.
Dangerous situations where you should stop performing CPR include fire, electrical lines, or shootout nearby. In such cases, you should wait for the paramedics to arrive and give medical assistance to the patient.
Fear of hurting the victim.
Many people hesitate to perform CPR because they worry that they may do more harm than good.
The seven steps of CPR are as follows: check for Danger, call for Help, check the Victim's Airway, give Two Rescue Breaths, perform Chest Compressions, switch Roles with the Compressor (if available), and continue Compressions until Advanced Medical help arrives.
Permanent brain damage or death can occur within 4 minutes if a child's blood flow stops. Therefore, you must continue CPR until the child's heartbeat and breathing return, or trained medical help arrives.
Withholding and Cessation of Resuscitative Efforts
In the field resuscitation may be withheld if the victim has obvious lethal injuries or if the body is frozen so that nose and mouth are blocked by ice and chest compression is impossible.
Giving CPR
Continue giving sets of 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths. Use an AED as soon as one is available! Minimize interruptions to chest compressions to less than 10 seconds.
Two-person CPR for the adult victim will be 30 compressions to 2 breaths. Two-person CPR ratio for the child and infant will be 15 compressions to 2 breaths.
In adults, call 911 first and do the following: If the person is not breathing but has a pulse, give 1 rescue breath every 5 to 6 seconds or about 10 to 12 breaths per minute.