Hands Only CPR

A brief description and demonstration of The American Heart Association's new Hands-Only CPR.

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[thecuresafety]

You are absolutely right!

Thanks you.

Dan

[actingprincess3]

Doesn't this deprive the body of oxygen though? I mean, if you are only doing chest compressions, then the person is not getting oxygen I would think?

[xxmusikjunkiexx]

It is as effective as "regular" cpr - the theory being, the compressions will force a limited amount of air in and out of the chest anyway.

It is as effective as CPR with rescue breaths for the first 2-3 minutes. After that, the lack of oxygen kicks in.

[thecuresafety]

Great point...and true!

[thecuresafety]

The American Heart Asoociation Only recommends this when you have wintnessed the cardiac arrest of an adult. However...I Personally would always do conventional CPR of 30 compressions and Two breaths. ...especially if the ambulance is taking a long time. The whole idea behind Hands only CPR is hope that more people would react and help if they didn't have to do any breaths.

Thanks for your comment.

Dan

[llfdemt]

I have been teaching this for over three years in my area. We call it "call and pump". And no the AHA did not make this stuff up it was the doctors and paramedics in Walworth and Rock Counties in Wisconsin and Phoenix Arizona

[thecuresafety]

I like the call and pump! Nice quote. I'm going to strat using that one...Thanks!

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

THE PERSON WHO IS DOWN HAPPENS TO BE A HOT BABE, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND O THE MOUTH TO MOUTH ANYWAY.

[hawthoren12]

Thank u so much. I've always wanted to learn

[Aggiesgigem]

What if it's not cardiac arrest and you do damage? Say goodbye to your retirement....

[KyleWebs]

great video, its so simple! (:

[KyleWebs]

@nar4evr For children, I believe.

[funwithGregg]

I have been a CPR instructor for over 12 years. The new guidelines are missleading. The compression CPR is for the lay person who has not been in a CPR Class, or those who no not know the victim, don't have a breathing barrier, and dont feel comfortable doing rescue breathing without a breathing barrier. However, if you are comfortable with rescue breathing, DO IT! If you dont think the breathing is important, hold your breath for as long as u can and then let me know when it becomes important

[timberland1108]

If you are a first responder, emt, firefighter and have a bvm use it thats what i was taught. If you are a civilian just to this till help gets there

[netfischer]

yeah before the american heart association decided to introduce this guideline, it wasnt possible to dafe somones life with this technique.

[geechia]

Thanks for this video, it was very helpful

[p21827]

You're not demonstrating good chest recoil... Also, you should articulate your instructions better.