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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
The ABC system for CPR training was later adopted by the American Heart Association, which promulgated standards for CPR in 1973. As of 2010, the American Heart Association chose to focus CPR on reducing interruptions to compressions, and has changed the order in its guidelines to C irculation, A irway, B reathing (CAB).
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The mask is secured to the face with both hands, the rescuer then places their mouth onto the opening and breathes into the mask. This allows ventilation to occur. Pocket masks are more portable and less expensive than bag valve masks, while also allowing both hands to be used to form the seal when delivering rescue breaths.
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) does not recommend one specific recovery position, but advises on six key principles to be followed: [4] The casualty should be in as near a true lateral position as possible with the head dependent [clarification needed] to allow free drainage of fluid. The position should be stable.
The American Heart Association currently supports "Hands-only" CPR, which advocates chest compressions without rescue breaths for teens or adults. [39] This is to minimize the reluctance to start CPR due to concern for having to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. [citation needed]
CPR involves a rescuer or bystander providing chest compressions to a patient in a supine position while also giving rescue breaths. The rescuer or bystander can also choose not to provide breaths and provide compression-only CPR. Depending on the age and circumstances of the patient, there can be variations in the compression to breath ratio ...