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Learn how to do CPR in 7 steps from the American Red Cross. Sign up for an in-person and/or online CPR class to be prepared for moments that matter.
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- Hands-Only CPR for Adults
Take a Red Cross CPR Class. With a half-million cardiac arrests each year, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can help save a life if a person's breathing or heart stops. It's not just for healthcare workers and emergency responders.
SKILL SHEET. CPR for Adults. Step 1. Conduct a rapid assessment. Perform a quick visual survey, check for responsiveness, open the airway, and simultaneously check for breathing and a carotid pulse for at least 5 seconds but no more than 10. If the patient is unresponsive, isn’t breathing normally and doesn’t have a pulse, begin CPR. Step 2.
Read the study behind the development of Hands-Only CPR and access videos and helpful resources for training in these skills.
If breathing is absent or abnormal, ask a helper to call the emergency services or call them yourself. Stay with the victim if possible. Activate the speaker function or hands-free option on the telephone so that you can start CPR whilst talking to the dispatcher.
Hands-Only CPR has just two easy steps, performed in this order: Hands-Only CPR has been shown to be as effective as conventional CPR for cardiac arrest at home, at work or in public.
1 lut 2021 · Order your copy of the full 2020 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC! Digital reprint available now. Print version available November 4, 2020.
