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2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Know heart attack signs, how to perform hands-only CPR in ...

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   The first is to activate emergency response (911), then perform high quality CPR (immediate start), early defibrillation (within first five minutes is most successful), advanced resuscitation ...

4. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   The CPR mask is the preferred method of ventilating a patient when only one rescuer is available. Many feature 18 mm (0.71 in) inlets to support supplemental oxygen, which increases the oxygen being delivered from the approximate 17% available in the expired air of the rescuer to around 40-50%. [12]

5. How — and when — to perform CPR on infants, kids and adults

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6. Cardiac arrest - Wikipedia

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   A "slow code" is a slang term for the practice of deceptively delivering sub-optimal CPR to a person in cardiac arrest, when CPR is considered to have no medical benefit. [157] A "show code" is the practice of faking the response altogether for the sake of the person's family.

7. Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study

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   This is how to perform CPR, according to the American Red Cross: Kneel next to the person , with your knees near the side of their body at chest-height and spread about shoulder-width apart. Place ...

8. Basic life support - Wikipedia

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   [11] The chain of survival includes early recognition of an ongoing emergency, early initiation of CPR by a bystander, early use of a defibrillator, and early advanced life support once more qualified medical help arrives. Qualified bystanders with training in BLS are encouraged to perform the first three steps of the five-link chain of survival.

9. Many US schools don’t teach CPR even when states require it

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   “The majority of states do not provide funding for CPR training, and therefore individual districts and schools are left to implement the requirement in their local context.”