Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – CPR

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a first aid method to bring the person back to life in cases of sudden cardiac arrest or inability to breathe. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an abbreviation of “CPR”

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – CPR is the process of restoring the patient’s heart and recover to respiratory functions. The loss of consciousness, which occurs a few seconds after the heart and circulation stops, causes the brain functions to slowly regress. In order to recovering the heart and breathing, the blood to continue the brain massage and breathing process is done. These procedures are called ‘cardiopulmonary resuscitation ” or “CPR”

In adult patients, the compression depth should be between 4cm and 5cm for cardiac massage. It should be applied as 100 prints per minute. The use of assistive devices is recommended for more effective and uninterrupted cardiac massage.

If you have an automatic defibrillator (AED defibrillator) on your place, ask for it to be brought immediately. When the automatic defibrillator arrives, Follow the voice commands of the automatic defibrillator. Stick the pads to the patient’s bare chest and do not touch the patient during the analysis. If shock is recommended, make sure no one touches the patient. Press the SHOCK button for the semi-automatic defibrillator device, do not touch the patient until a shock is applied for fully automatic defibrillator device. After defibrillation, start cardiac massage immediately.