Learn how to do lifesaving CPR

Recent events underscore the importance of knowing how to do lifesaving CPR?

There are many incidences like collapse in the football field following a hard hit to the chest. Emergency responders run to do CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) in case the person is fortunate enough to help start the heart, that has stopped beating.?

When a person’s heart stops beating (cardiac arrest), it become highly crucial to get even a simple version of CPR to help the person survive. Yet most of the patients in India who have cardiac arrest outside the hospital do not receive CPR on time from nearby, someone in the crowd who knows it.?

Since most of them happens at home , the life you may save with CPR is more likely to be loved one.

How to recognize that a person is suffering from cardiac arrest?

Not responding?- If the person does not react even if someone is talking to him/her loudly saying “Are you okay?”

Not breathing normally - If you cannot feel that the person is breathing as you come near them or their chest does not rise or fall like in normal breathing. Irregular or labored breathing indicate inadequate oxygen supply.?

These are the indications that the person needs an emergency CPR and you have to be courageous enough to save a life.

Learning hands-only CPR

1. Call emergency
2. Place the heel of one hand on the center of the person’s chest, right over the breastbone and between the nipples. Put the heel of your other hand directly on top. Lace the fingers of your top hand through the fingers of the bottom hand.
3. Position your shoulders directly above your hands and push down, keeping your arms straight. Push hard: use your body weight to compress the chest at least two inches.
4. Do the compressions repeatedly, aiming for a target of 100 to 120 pushes per minute.