Hands Only CPR
As a cardiologist, I have been frustrated learning of athletes dying on the playing field unnecessarily and resuscitating people brought in to our ER with no brain viability – because people do not know what to do and it’s so simple. We have to change this - Dr. Holly S Andersen
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CPR can save lives. Here’s how (and when) to do it
Over the past decade, CPR has changed. The currently-recommended technique is now incredibly simple, avoids putting your mouth on a stranger’s face (huzzah!), and could double—or triple—the victim’s chances of surviving a cardiac arrest.
Even if you learned this life-saving skill a while ago, it’s time to brush up. After all, if nobody takes action when someone collapses from cardiac arrest (that means their heart has stopped beating), that person will die.
“Cardiac arrest is uniformly fatal unless CPR is delivered,” says emergency-room physician Benjamin Abella, the director of the Center for Resuscitation Science at Penn Medicine.
The goal of doing CPR is not…
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If you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse, call 9-1-1 and push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of the classic disco song "Stayin' Alive." CPR can more than double a person's chances of survival, and "Stayin' Alive" has the right beat for Hands-Only CPR.
The 3 Easy Steps To Save A Life: Check, Call And Compress
Knowing how to administer CPR effectively is one the most important skills the general public can have during such an emergency. However, studies indicate that only one in five persons in the U.S. know how to save a life, or have saved a life by administering CPR.
"I’ve never prepared myself for CPR in my life. I had no idea what I was doing."
"I’ve never prepared myself for CPR in my life. I had no idea what I was doing."
CPR: What You Need to Know
Modern medicine has come up with a number of tools to combat cardiopulmonary arrest. Many of these emergency procedures require medical training and/or complex equipment, but one, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), can be used in the field by lay people with only a little bit of training.
Doing CPR is hard for older people so I teach them to use a foot
Conventional CPR might exhaust a first-aider before the ambulance arrives, says paramedic Bob Trenkamp, who developed an alternative method.
How to perform CPR in space
"Imagine, for a moment, trying to deliver cardiac compressions while floating weightlessly in orbit," Fong writes in his book. Because you're in a zero-gravity environment, the trick is to strap the patient down to the floor to keep him or her still.
Increasing CPR Training to Save Lives
In the 40-odd years since I learned CPR at The New York Times, the American Heart Association has simplified the technique while barely compromising its effectiveness. Although an in-person class with practice on a mannequin is ideal, the current method can be used by untrained people and learned via a brief online video at Hands-Only CPR. For those unwilling or unable to do mouth-to-mouth breathing, the latest technique focuses on critical chest compressions, which — when done correctly — can get blood flowing through the heart and to the brain.
Learn CPR You Can Do It
Learn CPR is a free public service supported by the University of Washington School of Medicine. Learn the basics of CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Updated with new CPR Guidelines issued by the American Heart Association and published in Circulation, March 31, 2008.
Teach Your Kid CPR With 'Baby Shark'
There’s a viral video of a two-year-old named Saige demonstrating how to perform CPR. Her EMT and firefighter dad, Chris Pietroforte, tells Inside Edition that anyone can learn the correct rate of the compressions by singing a song that is 100-120 beats per minute. Guess which tune fits that criteria? “You can do it to ‘Baby Shark,’” Pietroforte says.
Wendi McLendon-Covey Hands-Only CPR Video
Wendi McLendon-Covey, star of the ABC hit comedy The Goldbergs, teaches the two steps of Hands-Only CPR in this American Heart Association video called "The Mix-Up." The video, produced with the support of the Anthem Foundation, is an entertaining parody of recent award.
Resources
7 CPR Steps Everyone Should Know
Learn these CPR steps now so you know what to do if someone if ever experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
Citizen CPR Foundation
The mission of the Foundation is "to strengthen the Chain of Survival." The Foundation has three primary co-sponsors: the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. The primary "products" of the Foundation are its biennial conference, now called the "Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update," and the quarterly newsletter, Currents in Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
CPR Certified
Having a hard time fitting your CPR recertification requirement into your busy schedule? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. By choosing to receive your CPR and first aid certification online through CPRCertified.com, you can study on your own time. You can pause and resume videos, skip the subjects you already know, and take the online CPR certification test as soon as you feel ready.
CPR Dude
This site provides you with information about CPR, but is not a stand-alone training resource. In order to be prepared to help others, you need to practice CPR and have your skills checked by a real person.
International CPR Institute
The International CPR Institute offers a blend of emergency care training. With a combination of online training and refresher courses as well as on-site training, corporations, large and small, have come to rely on us to train their employees effectively.
ProCPR
It's easy to become complacent with your CPR training, especially if a traditional class is the only CPR class you've ever known. Well, what if we told you there's a better way to learn?
Resuscitation Council UK
We provide education and reference materials to healthcare professionals and the general public in the most effective methods of resuscitation.
The ACT Foundation
The ACT Foundation is a multiple award-winning, national charitable organization with a mission to promote health and empower Canadians to save lives. Since its inception in 1985, the organization has concentrated its efforts on promoting citizen CPR training, early defibrillation programs and paramedic systems.
ACLS Certification Institute
Mobile Training Solutions serves the advanced cardiac and basic life support certification needs of busy healthcare professionals. Our exclusive training solution - a computer-based, self-directed interactive certification system - allows you to receive an American Heart Association ACLS Healthcare Provider card or American Heart Association BLS Provider card, upon successful completion of the course.
ACLS Training Center
Helping Prepare You for Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
American Academy of CPR and First Aid
American Academy of CPR & First Aid provides training courses designed by a team of U.S board certified and licensed medical doctors. Our certifications are signed by authorized board certified U.S medial doctors.
American AED CPR Association
The American AED CPR Association has been providing training in CPR, First Aid, ACLS, PALS and First Responder for over a decade. We have recently expanded our curriculum to include Pet First Aid, Blood born Pathogens and our very popular Babysitter Safety Class.
American Healthcare Academy
American Health Care Academy offer Nationally Certified and easy to understand Online CPR and Online First Aid courses. Upon completion of the course, you will have developed a strong ability to respond in an emergency situation.
American Heart Association
As the world leader in CPR, first aid and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) training and education, the American Heart Association offers a variety of options for you to learn lifesaving skills. Locate a local training center to become an AHA Instructor or to choose courses for family members and friends, employees, or healthcare providers.
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross delivers CPR training designed for the way you live, and learn. With options available on weekdays and weekends, plus online, in-person and blended Simulation Learning courses, you can get the CPR training you need on your schedule.
Australian Resuscitation Council
The ARC aims to foster and co-ordinate the practice and teaching of resuscitation, promote uniformity and standardisation of resuscitation, and act as a voluntary co-ordinating body
PulsePoint
PulsePoint is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to make it much easier for citizens who are trained in CPR to use their life saving skills to do just that…save lives! Through the use of modern, location-aware mobile devices PulsePoint is building applications that work with local public safety agencies to improve communications with citizens and empower them to help reduce the millions of annual deaths from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Less Stress Instructional Services
Emergencies happen. They strike us at work, at home, and often when we least expect them. Our corporate mission at Less Stress Instructional Services is to provide men and women with the tools, like CPR and first aid training, to deal with them properly. From municipal EMS training to corporate first aid teams to parental pediatric CPR classes, our goal is provide every individual who wants knowledge with the information and skills needed to deal with a tragedy.
MayoClinic
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many emergencies, including heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.
