cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is used to revive heart attack victims. The practice of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation dates back to the eighteenth century‚ while performing chest compressions goes back to the early twentieth century. The term "CPR" emerged in the early 1960s‚ and the idea became recognized by organizations such as the American Heart Association. Since then‚ CPR has been taught to millions of people‚ including grade-school children Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a method
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emergency until help arrives? You should do‚ because the only person you may have to depend on is yourself. First aid is the immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness before professional medical help arrives. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a method of combining chest compressions with rescue breathing to maintain a flow of oxygen-rich blood to the brain while the heart is not working. The procedures of giving CPR are literally as easy as A-B-C. A Airway‚ B Breathing‚ and
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| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | | | Naqavia Avent | 4/9/2013 | | The basic knowledge of CPR is something that everyone should know. It could be used to save people lives in any situation. It doesn’t have to be done by a doctor or anyone in the medical field‚ it can be performed by any ordinary person. This is something most people don’t realize until after they are in the situation where they will have to have it done. In my research paper I will explain the history of CPR‚
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with your family sitting around the table laughing and joking while eating Sunday dinner when all of a sudden your grandmother suffers a mild heart attack. II. Do you know how to handle this type of situation by administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation‚ better known as CPR. III. As a Medical Assistant‚ I have been certified in CPR and I will teach you what to do in a medical emergency. IV. This afternoon‚ I will explain to you the life saving process of scene safety‚ contacting emergency
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2010 AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) Guidelines: The ABCs of CPR Rearranged to "CAB" According to the AHA‚ chest compressions should be started immediately on anyone who is unresponsive and is not breathing normally. Oxygen will be present in the lungs and bloodstream within the first few minutes‚ so initiating chest compressions first will facilitate distribution of that oxygen into the brain and heart sooner. Previously‚ starting with "A" (airway) rather than "C" (compressions) caused significant
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Samson chirchir Prof. M Bacon English. 170 sect. 13 Annotated bibliography 10/25/2011 Resuscitation Blackhall‚ Leslie J. ‘Must we always use CPR?’ New England Journal of medicine; November 12‚ 1987; 317(20): 1281-1285. This article present a case in which the patient and the family made a decision in favor of resuscitation that ran contrary to the physician’s medical judgement. The author argues that‚ where a patient
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BLS CPR Training Guide CPR stands for Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. This involves the giving if life giving breaths and a series of external chest compression to person who has no breathing and no pulse. Often‚ CPR is associated with medical emergencies such as heart attack‚ drowning‚ chocking. It should be noted however that CPR is applicable to any situation where in the victim or patient has no breathing and no signs of life The Chain of Survival The chain of survival
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CPR‚ Adult Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a skill that almost anyone can learn to perform. It can be lifesaving when performed on a person whose breathing or heartbeat has stopped. When the heart stops beating‚ the flow of blood to the brain and other vital organs also stops. This usually causes brain damage or death if not treated within minutes. CPR consists of steps that are based on the CAB sequence: chest compressions‚ airway‚ and breathing. If you see an adult collapse and lose
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Alicia Watts 10/5/09 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation The skill I think that is a mastering skill is CPR. CPR‚ because if there is an emergency situation they could possible save some ones life. If you don’t have this certain skill and you came some where and someone passed out‚ you will need to know how to perform this‚ if not they could die. I feel that learning CPR could benefit all and this is a major skill to know. If you are in the medical field or mostly anywhere now it is required that
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What Is Ethics? Ethics is the part of philosophy that deals with good and evil. Ethics tries to answer questions like: • What actions are good? What actions are evil? • How can we tell the difference? • Are good and evil the same for everyone? • How should we make hard decisions that might help or hurt other people? The Four main studies of ethics are; • Meta-ethics‚ about the theoretical meaning of moral propositions and ethical opinions; • Normative ethics‚ an abstract set of principles
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