Bystander CPR

Each year, almost 300,000 people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the United States. Survival rates from these events tend to be extremely low.  Research has shown that bystander CPR can double or triple survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Chest compression-only CPR, also known as hands-only CPR, has been shown in studies to be at least as effective as standard CPR with mouth-to-mouth ventilation for adult primary cardiac arrest victims.  Because of its simplicity, hands-only CPR may be quicker and easier for lay rescuers to learn, remember and perform than conventional CPR which is attempted only about a fourth of the time.

From OccupationalHealth & Safety (OH&S) magazine:  Read full article here.

Additional resources:

• Hands Only™ CPR video demonstration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuJkRpJ7Fxg&feature=relmfu.
• 2010 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: www.heart.org/cprguidelines.

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