Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency procedure used during cardiac or respiratory arrest that involves chest compressions, often combined with artificial ventilation, to preserve brain function and maintain circulation until spontaneous breathing and heartbeat can be restored. It is recommended for anyone who is unresponsive with no breathing or with abnormal breathing, such as agonal respirations.
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Can someone with no CPR training still help when a heart has stopped?
A bystander with no training can give hands-only CPR: chest compressions only until help arrives.
Yes. MedlinePlus advises that a person with no CPR training can do hands-only CPR for a teen or adult whose heart has stopped beating. Hands-only CPR uses chest compressions only, with no breaths, to keep blood circulating, and the rescuer keeps pushing until help arrives or the person starts breathing normally.
Is hands-only CPR enough for a child?
Children need both chest compressions and breaths; hands-only CPR alone is not recommended for them.
No. MedlinePlus states that children need both chest compressions and breaths, and that hands-only CPR alone is not recommended for children. This differs from the advice for a teen or adult, for whom compressions alone are acceptable when the rescuer has had no training.
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WikipediaHistory section, para 2
Their combined findings were presented at the annual Maryland Medical Society meeting on September 16, 1960, in Ocean City, and gained widespread acceptance over the following decade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation, lead section
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure used during cardiac or respiratory arrest that involves chest compressions, often combined with artificial ventilation, to preserve brain function and maintain circulation until spontaneous breathing and heartbeat can be restored.
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Wikimedia FoundationTreats: Ventricular Tachycardia, DefibrillatorsQuote, Treats: Ventricular Tachycardia, Defibrillators
Defibrillation is only indicated for some arrhythmias (abnormal heart beatings), specifically ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT).
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