CPR

When to provide mouth to mouth resuscitation

Submitted by JPSO on Sat, 2009-02-14 12:09
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Most of us are probably familiar with CPR. CPR means Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. This is a procedure done to revive a person who has no breathing and no pulse. In other words, this is a lifesaving procedure that will perhaps bring a person back to life.

It is obvious that such procedure can only be provided when the victim has no breathing and has no pulse, thus the need to provide CPR.

However, there are circumstances that the patient may have a pulse. When the pulse is present, the heart is functioning. When the heart is functioning and there is no breathing, then rescue breathing is the only thing that must be provided.

Commonly this procedure is called mouth to mouth resuscitation. Mouth to mouth resuscitation is provided by means of blowing air into the victim or patients mouth. This will eventually provide the victim with the much needed oxygen in respiratory arrest cases.

The Chain of Survival Methapor

Submitted by JPSO on Thu, 2009-01-01 04:56
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We have heard a lot about Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation or CPR for short. Obviously everyone will agree that knowledge of performing such procedure will certainly bring forth advantages. It will help you save lives.

In some hospital settings it is a mandatory requirement that a person should be certified to perform CPR before he or she can work in the hospital facility may that person be a nurse or a doctor or a healthcare provider.

Well, CPR is a part of what we call the Chain of Survival Metaphor. This is actually made of links that a person or a first aid provider must follow to insure that the victim will have a great chance of survival.

A link is weak if one of them is missing. Thus it is imperative that the link should be followed. It consists of the following:

EARLY ACCESS - this is the immediate call for the ambulance should a person see the need. Access to the emergency medical servicese

Guidelines for Hands only CPR

Submitted by JPSO on Tue, 2008-04-08 03:28
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Several people are hesitant to provide CPR simply because they are afraid to provide mouth to mouth resuscitation. It has been noted that most people fear the risk of acquiring a disease by providing respiration to the mouth of a victim on respiratory and cardiac arrest.

A new guideline has been issue in view of this set up. This is what we call, hands only CPR, or chest compression only CPR. Basically, when a person lungs and heart ceases to function, osygen is still present in the blood for a few minutes following the arrest of both lungs and heart. However, this oygen does not reach the brain since there is no circulation of the blood due to cardiac arrest.

Considering this situation, Hands only CPR may be effective. This is according to a publication as released by the American Heart Association. Bear in mind however that this new guideline is effective only on some circumstances.

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Clearly by providing CPR and with proper training a person may be able to save another persons life. It would be worthwhile to learn this things since you can never tell when an emergency may occur. What you will do will actually save the brain from imminent brain damage prior to the arrival of the emergency medical services.

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