Cardio pulmonary

resuscitation (C P R)
basic
By
Dr Farrukh Saeed
Basic life support (BLS)
Adopt a SAFE approach:
Shout for help.
Approach with care.
Free the patient from immediate danger.
Evaluate the patient's ABC.
Rescue breathing
Each inflation should take about 1.52 s.
Resistance will be greater if inflation is too quick and
less air will get into the lungs.
Wait 24 s for full expiration before giving another
breath. Ten breaths will therefore take about 4060 s.
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adults
Chest compressions
Finding the right place: Using your index and
middle fingers, identify the lower rib margins.
Keeping your fingers together, slide them
upwards to the point where the ribs join the
sternum.
Place the heel of one hand there, with the other
hand on top of the first.
Interlock the fingers of both hands and lift them
to ensure that pressure is not applied over the
victim's ribs.
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continued
Aim to depress the sternum
approximately 45 cm
The recommended rate of
compression is a rate and not the
number of compressions which are
to be given in a minute
About the same time should be
spent in the compression phase as in
the released phase
Suspected cervical spine
injury
Despite the risk of spinal cord damage,
untreated cardiorespiratory arrest will kill the
patient.
Potential secondary damage will be
minimized by in-line immobilization of the
cervical spine.
Try to use a jaw thrust and/or a Guedel
airway to open the airway rather than tilting
the neck.
Avoid placing the patient in the recovery
position.
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Bailey & Loves

SHORT PRACTICE OF SURGERY 25TH EDITION
EDITED BY
NORMAN S. WILLIAMS
CHRISTOPHER J.K. BULSTRODE & P. RONAN OCONNELL

Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia

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Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

By Dr Wadood