Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Saving People's Life

Most cultures value life and bringing persons back from the dead is a popular subject of many fictional books. However, as technology evolves and the story of Frankenstein reborn with a bolt of lighting has come true with the external or implanted defibrillators, the natural process of death slows as much of society gains the knowledge to live longer than nature intended. The Red Cross Association taught many organizations like the girl and boy scouts the methods of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR, a manual manipulation of the heart, as life saving methods for drowning, electrocution or heart attacks. First aid for laypersons to save lives as well as

Topic 1). Let's begin with the basics... What is CPR? It is a live saving procedure done by performing chest compressions to pump the heart in order for it to circulate blood and deliver oxygen to the brain. Who knows what CPR stands for? (pause) CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Have you ever thought about what you would do if a family member suddenly stopped breathing? Imagine that you grow up in a small town, the population is 700 people, and one morning you wake up and everyone in the town is dead. On any given day 670 people die of sudden cardiac arrest. Could it be a loved one, someone you care deeply for, or just a complete stranger? The chances are that someone in your family is going to die of sudden cardiac arrest in your lifetime. On average it takes an ambulance no less than seven minutes to reach someone in need, therefore, every adult should know how to administer CPR.

For an electronic search to be successful it is important to find the right key words or concepts required to retrieve the journal articles as journal articles are indexed and entered onto the databases using keywords (Aveyard, 2014). The keywords for this literature review derived from the research question and synonyms words (Schneider, Elliott, LoBiondo-Wood and Haber, 2004). The keywords identified and retrieved used a combination of the following keywords; CPR, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitat*, famil* and family carer*. The keywords 'family ', 'witnessed

Prior to attending the CSL class, I completed the lab preparations which included basic CPR questions and watched the video clip provided. I understood the procedures for CPR outside and within a hospital environment. When given an event of a cardiac arrest in hospital, the emergency alarm is pressed and pillows are removed from behind the patient to allow the head to be tilted backwards to open the airways. Within this time the ratio of 30 compressions to 2 breaths are given while a call is made

Charging to 200....Stand clear…Shocking! CPR....EMS providers experience the adrenaline and rush of a patient in cardiac arrest. Trying to bring dead back to life is not a simple task by far, especially with the limitations and resources of the field. But, what happens after the patient makes it to definitive care? Annually, around 300,000 adults in the United States experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (AHA), and EMS providers only see the results of the short term survival of the patient, but rarely the actual patient care and recovery after an arrest. Patients undergo intense, aggressive treatment and recovery measures in the hospital post-code. These patients have a variety of treatment regimens

Attention Getter: What if one of your friends just fell to the ground because they couldn’t breathe, would you know what to do, could you perform CPR if it was needed? It is said by the American Heart Association that sadly 70% of Americans do not know how to do CPR, or they just don’t remember how.

The article “My Team Saved My Life” by Sally M. Hernandez has helped me make this paragraph. In my opinion, all kids should learn CPR because when important times like these come it should be mandatory that students know CPR. According to Sally M. Hernandez, “Because Taylor started CPR so quickly, Paris had not suffered brain damage.” (on page 29, in paragraph 18). If Taylor had not known CPR Paris could have suffered brain damage and possibly died, but thanks to Taylor she survived.

In my paper, I will use this research to support that having trained individuals and providing immediate emergency management can save someone in sudden cardiac arrest. Prescreening is a primary prevention tool for sudden cardiac arrest. If CPR trained individuals weren’t on the scene of the game, the hockey player most likely wouldn’t have survived the sudden cardiac arrest. The survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest is very

WEEK 5 PICO(T) QUESTION 1Good Afternoon Class and Dr. Stephenson,In and out of the hospital high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial to survival of victims of cardiac arrest. This research topic will focus on implementation of in hospital chest compressions in CPR. It will be based on a comparison of the efficacy of manual compressions and automated chest compressions in relation to survival outcomes. The potential attributes and short comings related to manual and automated chest compression will be reviewed. Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses have to be prepared to implement CPR during a cardiac arrest code. In consideration that patients in the ICU are often only marginally stable it is important that ICU nurses are familiar with their patient’s recent and past medical histories.

If you are sick or injured and admitted to the hospital, the number one priority is to save your life.

What is CPR? CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. It is a medical technique used to treat shortness of breath (American Thoracic Society). There are two types of CPR (American Thoracic Society). The first of these two types is called Basic life Support (BLS) which is the form of CPR that we see in most movies (American Thoracic Society). In BLS we use a combination of chest compressions and artificial breathing (mouth to mouth) to stabilize a patient (American Thoracic Society). The second Type of CPR is called Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in this form of CPR makes use of a combination of electric shocks, medication, or a ventilator (American Thoracic Society).

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a skill that almost anyone can learn to perform. It can be lifesaving when performed on a newborn whose breathing or heartbeat has stopped. When the heart stops beating, the flow of blood to the brain and other vital organs also stops. This can cause brain damage or death if not treated within minutes.

When you stop and think about it, shouldn’t everyone be certified in CPR? Do you ever ask yourself if you should be CPR certified? Teachers, lifeguards, and other counseling jobs should be certified in CPR for emergency purposes.

Let's hope you are never in a situation where someone is in need of CPR. CPR stands for "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation". If you are CPR certified, you then have the ability to save an individuals life. As an Emergency Medical Technician,I went through special training, where I was required to have learn how to preform CPR.