Dec 30, 2019
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/UB_dx6o4wAA
Every year, more bystanders are saving lives by applying CPR.
The latest Swedish study emphasizes that pushing on the chest alone
without also breathing for the patient using either mouth-to-mouth
or a breathing tube can save just as many lives.
The Swedes reviewed more than 30,000 cardiac arrest patients and showed that those lucky 68% that received CPR of any type from bystanders were twice as likely to survive the first 30 days following the incident. The statistics showed that chest compressions alone can be very effective. There was no outstanding benefit for those who also received rescue breathing as well as chest compressions.
If you find someone on the ground without a pulse, call 911. Then begin chest compressions at about two per second.
Check to see if you can remove any obstructing material from the victim’s mouth. If you are capable of adding rescue breaths, do so. If not, keep up the chest compressions until the EMTs arrive.
Gabriel Riva, Mattias Ringh, Martin Jonsson, Leif Svensson, Johan Herlitz, Andreas Claesson, Therese Djärv, Per Nordberg, Sune Forsberg, Sten Rubertsson, Anette Nord, Mårten Rosenqvist, Jacob Hollenberg. Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest After Standard Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or Chest Compressions Only Before Arrival of Emergency Medical Services: Nationwide Study During Three Guideline Periods. Circulation, 2019; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038179
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