For more than 40 years, CPR training has emphasized the ABCs of CPR, which instructed people to open a victim's airway by tilting their head back, pinching the nose and breathing into the victim's mouth, and only then giving chest compressions," said Michael Sayre, chairman of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Committee.
"This approach was causing significant delays in starting chest compressions, which are essential for keeping oxygen-rich blood circulating through the body. Changing the sequence from A-B-C to C-A-B for adults and children allows all rescuers to begin chest compressions right away," he added.
Now, compressions should be started immediately on anyone who is unresponsive and not breathing normally.
All victims in cardiac arrest need chest compressions. In the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest, victims will have oxygen remaining in their lungs and bloodstream, so starting CPR with chest compressions can pump that blood to the victim's brain and heart sooner.
The change in the CPR sequence applies to adults, children and infants, but excludes newborns.
Other recommendations:
During CPR, rescuers should give chest compressions a little faster, at a rate of at least 100 times a minute.
Rescuers should push deeper on the chest, compressing at least two inches in adults and children and 1.5 inches in infants.
"This approach was causing significant delays in starting chest compressions, which are essential for keeping oxygen-rich blood circulating through the body. Changing the sequence from A-B-C to C-A-B for adults and children allows all rescuers to begin chest compressions right away," he added.
Now, compressions should be started immediately on anyone who is unresponsive and not breathing normally.
All victims in cardiac arrest need chest compressions. In the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest, victims will have oxygen remaining in their lungs and bloodstream, so starting CPR with chest compressions can pump that blood to the victim's brain and heart sooner.
The change in the CPR sequence applies to adults, children and infants, but excludes newborns.
Other recommendations:
During CPR, rescuers should give chest compressions a little faster, at a rate of at least 100 times a minute.
Rescuers should push deeper on the chest, compressing at least two inches in adults and children and 1.5 inches in infants.
"For more than 40 years, CPR training has emphasized the ABCs of CPR, which instructed people to open a victim's airway by tilting their head back, pinching the nose and breathing into the victim's mouth, and only then giving chest compressions," said Michael Sayre, chairman of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Committee.
"This approach was causing significant delays in starting chest compressions, which are essential for keeping oxygen-rich blood circulating through the body. Changing the sequence from A-B-C to C-A-B for adults and children allows all rescuers to begin chest compressions right away," he added.
Now, compressions should be started immediately on anyone who is unresponsive and not breathing normally.
All victims in cardiac arrest need chest compressions. In the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest, victims will have oxygen remaining in their lungs and bloodstream, so starting CPR with chest compressions can pump that blood to the victim's brain and heart sooner.
The change in the CPR sequence applies to adults, children and infants, but excludes newborns.
Other recommendations:
During CPR, rescuers should give chest compressions a little faster, at a rate of at least 100 times a minute.
Rescuers should push deeper on the chest, compressing at least two inches in adults and children and 1.5 inches in infants.
Source:MedIndia
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