Cardiac Arrest at Work? Learn how to give CPR (point-wise)

This is about young people NOT the old. Did you know?

50% of heart attacks occur in those below the age of 50

28% of deaths in India are happening due to heart attacks.

India’s death rate is higher than the global average when it comes to cardiovascular diseases

Hello Leaders, welcome to the November edition of my monthly newsletter Kapoor Konfidence where I share insights from my personal life stories to help you become emotionally intelligent.

In my works related to the Media industry, I...

1. Interacted with Akshay Kumar and Dabboo Ratnani at Taj Lands End, Mumbai

2. Crossed 2.5 million views on my latest Instagram video

3. Liasoned a rising OTT actress named, Apoorva Arora at a storytelling event in South Mumbai?

BUT, on 29th November 2023, a strange incident shook me.

And I decided to write about something - that matters the most - OUR LIFE.

Here’s what happened,

I was having coffee at a posh cafe in Bandra when one of their staff collapsed. He fainted and his fellow staff started panicking.

Other customers were concerned but none could act. Some elite uncles and aunties were acting calm in an emergency but proved to be of no help. They didn't even know the Ambulance number. Do you know the number? Tell?

The owner of the cafe was missing.

I waited for a Doctor to step in. But no one came in.

Therefore, I had to bring my main character into action.

I gave him Hands-only CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) before it was too late.

The lack of human skills in educated Indians is alarming.

What if one of your colleagues/friends or family members collapses in front of you? What would you do if no Doctor could reach there on time??

Please find below a step-wise breakdown of conducting CPR.

The facts are cross-checked with American Heart Association guidelines and I have put their article links below.

If anyone falls/collapses in your vicinity:

1. Don't do Ekta Kapoor drama. Practically scan the room. Shout/Ask if anyone is an HCP (Healthcare Professional/Doctor)

2. If not, take a lead. Ensure the person is lying down straight on the ground.

3. First, check their breath. Keep your fingers next to their nostril and feel the breath on your skin.

4. Second, check pulse rate. On their wrist, press your thumb gently and feel the beats.

5. The pulse WILL be there. Of course, they are not dead. But the pulse will feel bleak. Slow. Fading out.

6. Third, check the eyes and mouth.

7. You will visibly notice whether their system is dozing off or gaining momentum.

8. If dozing off, that is the time to conduct CPR.

9. Before that, check again if any Doctor or HCP is available. Ask someone to call the Ambulance.

10. Take your one palm - put it over the other hand - clutch your fingers as shown in the image.

11. Sit properly next to the person, put the palm flat and even on the center of their chest.

12. Now, you have to pump the heart. Because the heart needs some external force to regain its momentum.

13. The human heart beats almost 72 times in a minute. So keep pumping the chest regularly. As per AHA, you must do up to 100-120 compressions in a minute.?

14. Do it with full conviction. And watch how the person starts breathing again.

I did it on 29th November. It works.

Remember: Even children can give someone CPR.

Here is a 1-page fact sheet from the American Heart Association for CPR. It's a PDF you can download https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/CPR-Files/Resources/Bystander-CPR/2202-updates/DS19398_ECC_CPRWeek_Fact_Flyer_01kk.pdf

Here is the main article about CPR and Cardiac Arrest. https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/what-is-cpr

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Let's make the best out of December.

It's been 11 months of regularly publishing newsletters.?I feel changes in me. I will come back soon with a December/2023 wrap.

Till then stay safe and have some Kapoor Konfidence.

Share this important article with your colleagues.

With Love,

Ashutosh Kapoor

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