First Aid & CPR Basics : Depth of CPR Chest Compressions

Learn the proper depth of CPR chest compressions in this free video clip on basic first aid.

Expert: Michele Boyer
Bio: Michele Boyer is a registered respiratory therapist with over 35 years experience using CPR and choking relief skills in acute care settings ranging from university hospitals to small rural hospitals.
Filmmaker: Michele Boyer

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[smartndumb101]

I know if you get tired it will be hard to continue but when you think about it - would you really be able to live with the guilt of letting someone die because you got tired?

[TRIXSTER03]

@cwhjr1--Yes if the patient has no pulses and no breathing then yes you do CPR...what are you confused about? Perhaps because I said practicing CPR on a live person? If the patient is alive and you do CPR (i.e. they have breathing) then you can injure of in severe cases kill them. This is why you need to ensure that the patient is indeed in cardiac arrest.

Mike

First Responder,

Paramedic

[TRIXSTER03]

@MsRiaCa-By the way.....when you are performing C.P.R., the patient is considered clinically dead....

[AdvancedGentleman]

Wow Youtube do not have adds for videos like this! People come here to try and learn how to do CPR ASAP not watch an advertisement and panic while they have to wait and the precious seconds waste away.

[wcresponder]

press hard at least 2 " according to ILCOR standards, press fast over 100 beats per minute again ILCOR standard. Good Compression Good Recovery.

International Liason Committe On Resuscitation.

[TRIXSTER03]

@cwhjr1--Your comment isn't even relevant to anything I said...

[TRIXSTER03]

@MsRiaCa---What?

[MsRiaCa]

@TRIXSTER03 of course, do don't do CPR to a dead person... xD funny...

[4jiz]

@anniepham84 Correct, their brain will start to release chemicals that eat itself.

[4jiz]

@smartndumb101 Exactly, the adrenaline would kick in and you wouldn't get tired. You could pump for an hour if you had to, the rush keeps you going. This girl doesn't know whtf she's talkin' about. I've been in life guard class and just practicing on the dummy, I got an adrenaline rush performing on the dummy and I did full and correct compressions. Most people don't push down hard enough, the harder and faster you push, the better chance the person has of making it.

[moOswe]

@anniepham84 What she failed to tell us in this video is that you give 30 pushes over the chest and after that you give air two times using mouth to mouth and then repeat the procedure over and over. Its also very important to check for pulse every minute or so.

[anniepham84]

15 or 20 minutes??? if oxygen doesnt get to the brain within 6 minutes, the person will die.