New CPR Guidelines

The American Heart Association changed CPR guidelines to make it less confusing. Here are the new guidelines. The "456 EMS Show for the Awake, Alert and Disoriented" is produced by Studio-A in the National EMS Academy. Studio-A is presented in a BLOG format with articles, case studies, videos and a weekly trivia question. Find Studio-A at www.yourstudioa.com.

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• Compressions
• AHA

[oc1canoozer]

Does this pump to breath ratio apply to drowning victims where the lungs are likely filled with water?

[acadianopps]

@oc1canoozer The ratio is the current AHA guideline and applies to CPR in general, regardless of etiology of injury.

[Jvilander]

constant comprehessions "hard and fast" would hurt a person that is conscious

[khara1234567]

lol, when you do cpr the person is already considered dead, moron

[Asolh1992]

great wallah thank you for such usfull information

my greating student at clinical laboratory sciences sectione

[RumNAss]

@ misswoohoo1 that is why GSA was established in 2001 :)

[MissWooHoo1]

im afraid if i do it wrong to the person or their family would sue me...

[CouldBePublishing]

If we were healthy to begin with, most would not need CPR. Take your health back!

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[MissChloehoeh]

@Jvilander Imagine someone collapsing (they missed breakfast for exmaple) then some random runs up and starts compressing their chest! 

[mangdolphy]

nice video but the compression is a little slow. trick to get the proper compression rhythm is to sync it with the song staying alive staying alive ah ah ah ah staying alive lol. and for 1 rescuer, use of ambubag is not really recommended due to time it takes and fitting problem. use mouth barrier instead or if there's none at all you can just do compression without rescue breath. and for infant and children peroform cpr first for at least 5mins before calling for rescue

[armymedic98]

@jayoli23 Thank you,i was just questioning that because my dad,(he's a surgeon)once said that you can get sued if you where to break a rib or something if you do not have a license of that matter,i pretty much know you can,most likely not get sued for doing something wrong by a family member,or the victim him or herself,but the judge,(in the right mind)will be on your side,thanks again.

[jayoli23]

@armymedic98 As a nurse I questioned my husband that is in the army if yal are still allowed to do CPR.. i dont remember his response to be honest. What I do remember is him saying yal are taught differently and under different circumstances. Most of yals under pressure moments are "in the line of duty". After stating that, no you do not need a license because the good samaritan act. Yet someone may have a DNR band or necklace on... meaning DO NOT RESUSCITATE.. good luck with class!

[Pali4everandever]

@armymedic98 you do have to have a license. but if a person was on the street and they weren't breathing you can do it.. but if anything goes wrong you are under the good samaritan act

[armymedic98]

do you have to have a liceinse to do cpr?

im trying to study cpr,because im about to take a class

at Civil Air Patrol(USAF auxillary)and they dont give you a liecens but you know how to do it after you take the classes,so im just courius plz respond