CPR Can Save Lives And Everyone Should Know How To Do It

1. LOS GATOS, CA | CAMPBELL, CA | SARATOGA, CA

2. CPR Can Save Lives And Everyone Should Know How To Do It

3. Introduction Our lives can change in a heartbeat through the twists and turns of life. But we can handle these sudden, unexpected, unpleasant curveballs that life throws at us with foresight, knowledge, and preparedness. There will be emergency situations when we are called to step in and save lives. One such powerful tool to rescue lives is the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) technique.

4. What Is CPR And Why Is It So Important To Know? Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a technique that can save people’s lives in emergencies, such as cardiac arrest, heart attack or drowning. CPR is the difference between life and death. You can save someone’s life if you know how to perform CPR in an emergency. Performing CPR for someone with a cardiac arrest can help keep them alive until professional medical help arrives.

5. When Should You Perform CPR? You should do CPR only if someone is unconscious and not breathing properly. If someone is unconscious but breathing normally, call an emergency immediately. If someone is unresponsive and not breathing or not breathing properly, then call emergency and start CPR immediately. Without CPR, it’ll become a cardiac arrest quickly. In case of a respiratory arrest, don’t waste time checking for a pulse.

6. How To Perform CPR? • C: Compressions Place the person on their back on a firm surface. Kneel next to them and place the heel or lower palm of your hand in the center of the person’s chest. Place your other hand on top of the first hand, interlocking your fingers. Keeping your elbows straight and shoulders directly above your hands, compress the chest at least 5 cm or 2 inches, but no more than 6 cm or 2.4 inches. Use your entire body weight, not just your arms, for doing compressions. Push hard at a rate of 100-120 compressions per minute. The American Heart Association suggests performing compressions to the beat of the song “Stayin’ Alive.”

7. How To Perform CPR? 2. A: Airway If you’re trained in CPR and you’ve performed 30 chest compressions, you can open the person’s airway with the head-tilt, chin-lift technique. All you need to do is: Placing your palm on the person’s forehead, gently tilt your head back. Then, with the other hand, slowly lift the chin forward to open the airway.

8. How To Perform CPR? 3. B: Breathing After you open the person’s airway, pinch their nostrils to close them for rescue breathing. You can do mouth-to-mouth breathing by covering the person’s mouth with yours. You can also opt for mouth-to-nose breathing if the mouth is injured or can’t be opened. Current recommendations post-COVID suggest doing rescue breathing using a bag-mask device with a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter. If the chest rises after the first breath, give a second rescue breath. But if the chest doesn’t rise, do the head-tilt, chin-lift technique and repeat with a second breath. Be cautious not to give too many rescue breaths or exert lots of force.

9. CONCLUSION If you’ve not yet thought of CPR to date, we highly urge you to educate yourself and consult your doctor regarding any queries on this technique. Contact a primary care doctor in Campbell, CA for any queries about cardiac care, including the CPR technique.

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12. MEET DR. ARUN VILLIVALAM Dr. Arun Villivalam is a concerned and caring family physician and primary care doctor serving the community of Los Gatos, CA. Dr. Villivalam attended Thomas Jefferson University, where he received his medical degree, and completed his residency in family medicine at Cook County Hospital.