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CPR Procedure with CPR mask and Gloves

The leading cause of death in Canada and the United States is heart
disease. The end result of heart disease is often a heart attack which
can happen anywhere, anytime. Knowing what to do for a person
who is not breathing for themselves as a result of a heart attack
is an extremely valuable piece of information. It could mean the
difference between life and death.

Check Scene Safety The following tutorial briefly covers the proper steps of adult and
child CPR. The identical steaps are used for any person one years
of age or over. This article is not intended as a substitute for first aid
training.

When an emergency situation requiring CPR is recognized, there are

three important things to remember:
• Scene Safety – Check the scene for danger
• Call 911 as soon as possible
Send for Help
• Use a barrier device and gloves

The first important action is to activate the emergency medical

services, or EMS, system by calling 911.

The next action to ensure survival is to perform CPR until a

defibrillator becomes available. It is very important to remember
that CPR is not intended to bring people back. What we want out
Check for Consciousness
of CPR is getting blood from the heart to the brain and the major
organs. The earlier you give CPR to a person in cardiopulmonary
arrest (no breathing, no heartbeat), the greater the chance of a
successful resuscitation.

If you’re doing CPR you’re doing your job properly. By administrating

CPR at the scene we are bettering this person’s chance of having a
normal life if brought back by EMS.
Check Breathing
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Check the scene for danger. If it is not safe, stay back and call EMS
or 9-1-1. If it is safe to do so, check the person. Tap on the person’s
shoulders and shout in both ears. If the person does not respond,
have someone call EMS or 9-1-1 and get a AED if one is available. If
you are alone with an adult, call EMS or 9-1-1 yourself. Then return to
care for the person.

Put one hand on the forehead, two fingers on the chin, and do a
Remember to Use Barrier Device
head tilt chin lift. Open the airway using the head tilt chin lift, and
check for normal breathing for 5 to 10 seconds. Look for chest rise.
Listen and feel for breathing. If you do not hear normal breathing,
give two rescue breaths. Remember to use your barrier device. Pinch
the nose. Take a normal breath. Cover the person’s mouth with your
mouth. Give two breaths. Each breath should last one second with
enough volume to make the chest rise. If both breaths go in, start
CPR.

Give Two Breaths

Place the heel of one hand in the middle of the person’s chest. Place
the other hand on top. Do thirty compressions. Push hard, push fast.
Allow the chest to recoil. Repeat cycle of compressions and breaths.

Continue CPR until an AED arrives or more advanced care takes over
or if the scene becomes unsafe or if you become physically unable to
continue.

Push hard, push fast. Compression depths of an adult is 1 ½ to 2 inch

Hand Positions depth. For a child, 1/3 to 1/2 of the depth of the child’s chest.

Remember to use your barrier device and gloves. The best way to be
prepared is to have a good first aid kit or keychain mask and gloves.

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Illustrations are from Redi-Medic CPR training video. For more

information on this and other online first aid videos which are included
as a standard component in all Redi-Medic first aid kits,
Do 30 Compressions
see www.redimedic.com/usa_eng/video.shtm