Question

Research and find a current event article (within the last 5 years) that CPR was used to save a life. Please review the article and give a written review. Was the CPR performed by a person of the general public or a health care worker? What was the outcome for the patient? Please include a copy of the article or the complete URL of the article for verification.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation 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.

The compression-ventilation ratio for 2-rescuer adult CPR is 30:2. This ratio is the number of compressions (30) and breaths (2) in 1 cycle. The role of the second rescuer at the head during the cycles of compressions to ventilation is to maintain an open airway and give breaths.

Then follow these CPR steps:

1. Position your hand . Make sure the patient is lying on his back on a firm surface. ...
2. Interlock fingers . ...
3. Give chest compressions . ...
4. Open the airway . ...
5. Give rescue breaths . ...
6. Watch chest fall. ...
7. Repeat chest compressions and rescue breaths

CPR to be continued until advanced help arrives, or you are relieved, or you become too tired to do adequate CPR. With all ages, after every 5 sets of CPR, reasess patient for signs of life (Circulation by checking carotid pulse, Awake/Airway open?; Breathing?) Hope that helps.

How is CPR Performed -

There are two commonly known versions of CPR:

1. For healthcare providers and those trained: conventional CPR using chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing at a ratio of 30:2 compressions-to-breaths. In adult victims of cardiac arrest, it is reasonable for rescuers to perform chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120/min and to a depth of at least 2 inches (5 cm) for an average adult, while avoiding excessive chest compression depths (greater than 2.4 inches [6 cm]).
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3. For the general public or bystanders who witness an adult suddenly collapse: compression-only CPR, or Hands-Only CPR. Hands-Only CPR is CPR without mouth-to-mouth breaths. It is recommended for use by people who see a teen or adult suddenly collapse in an out-of-hospital setting (such as at home, at work, or in a park).

Effectiveness

CPR oxygenates the body and brain for defibrillation and advanced life support. Even in the case of a "non-shockable" rhythm, such as pulseless electrical activity (PEA) where defibrillation is not indicated, effective CPR is no less important. Used alone, CPR will result in few complete recoveries, though the outcome without CPR is almost uniformly fatal.

Studies have shown that immediate CPR followed by defibrillation within 3–5 minutes of sudden VF cardiac arrest dramatically improves survival. In cities such as Seattle where CPR training is widespread and defibrillation by EMS personnel follows quickly, the survival rate is about 20 percent for all causes and as high as 57 percent if a witnessed "shockable" arrest.