CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) – SCI & TECHN
News:
Students learn to perform
CPR in emergency situation
What's
in the news?
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Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is an
emergency procedure with chest compressions, said consultant anaesthesiologist
and critical care specialist at Anu My Baby Hospitals Dr Sivaram.
Cardio
Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR):
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CPR is a procedure that combines with
cardiac compressions to provide oxygen
and artificial circulation to an unconscious individual until medical
assistance arrives.
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It is a life-saving first aid procedure that enhances a person’s chances of
survival if performed as soon as the heart stops pumping.
Features:
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CPR involves chest compressions for adults
between 5 cm (2.0 in) and 6 cm (2.4 in) deep and at a rate of at least 100 to
120 per minute.
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The rescuer may also provide artificial
ventilation by either exhaling air into the subject’s mouth or nose
(mouth-to-mouth resuscitation) or using a device that pushes air into the
subject’s lungs (mechanical ventilation).
Significance
of CPR:
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In the absence of proper blood flow, a
person can experience brain injury or blood clots. CPR helps by restoring
normal blood circulation in the body.
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CPR is offered to the patient within the
first six minutes after the heartbeat stops. Proper CPR can help keep the
patient stable before the medical help arrives.
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Proper CPR helps the heartbeat to return
to normal if the person has been declared dead.
Go
back to basics:
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Some of the causes for cardiac arrest in adults are heart disease, trauma,
respiratory illness, and hanging.
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In children,
its due to SIDS, cardiac disease, trauma, respiratory illness.