It’s still recommended that people take a First Aid course and deliver 2 rescue breaths following 30 chest compressions. The Vinnie Jones method of “Hands Only” CPR is for “Non Trained” First Aiders. The only other thing that has changed is that the CPR rate for infants is now 120 pushes per minute. If they're wearing clothes you will have to cut it. This brings us to the “Hard and Fast” message that Vinnie gives us. It is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and if needed, can send an electric shock, known as defibrillation, to the heart of the person in cardiac arrest How to use AED (first step) Turn on the AED, Attach the pads to the person's bare, dry chest. The old rules of 100 pushes per minute and depth of 5 cms have been replaced by At Least 100 pushes per minute and At Least 5 cms. When it arrives, we don’t need to stop administrating CPR to apply it, we can carry on giving Chest Compressions while someone else applies the pads. When we call for help, we can also call for a Defibrillator. Well, the Defibrillator is now being treated a little different than before. (Just like Vinnie Jones does on the recent Advert)īut what about the D? where has the Defibrillator gone? So, it’s not a lot of difference than before, but hopefully this will encourage people to go straight to Chest Compressions if the patient is not breathing. Then after 30 pushes, we can then open the Airway, and give 2 Rescue Breaths. Is the patient’s Airway open? Is the Patient Breathing? If the answer is NO, then we go straight to the CABS bit. Well, the first two letters: AB are questions. The Consumer manuals have now been changed, so even if an Instructor has not updated their own manuals, their Students will be prepared for the correct procedure. Comparison of times of intervention during pediatric CPR maneuvers using ABC and CAB sequences: A randomized trial. Hopefully, the new AB/CABS will change that. Seven years ago! But despite EFR materials changing, I am still meeting people who have recently been taught to give Rescue Breaths before administering Chest Compressions. Well I for one welcome the change with open arms! The last time the First Aid world was updated was way back in 2005. But now that has all changed! and now we have AB/CABS What on earth is going on? For years and years we had been teaching first aid using the guidance of ABC or something similar. So as you can see, by starting chest compressions first, the victim only has to hold his breath an extra 18 seconds while blood gets flowing again.EFR instructors have new ways to teach CPR By changing the sequence to C-A-B, chest compressions will be initiated sooner and ventilation only minimally delayed until completion of the first cycle of chest compressions (30 compressions should be accomplished in approximately 18 seconds). The summary of it all is: In the A-B-C sequence chest compressions are often delayed while the responder opens the airway to give mouth-to-mouth breaths or retrieves a barrier device or other ventilation equipment. All that extra time is getting in the way of real help: chest compressions. When rescuers are worried about opening the airway and making an adequate seal and possibly trying to find a CPR mask of a purse or briefcase, the delay can be significant. What cardiac arrest victims really need is for that blood to get flowing again. Just like you can hold your breath for a minute or two without having brain damage, victims ofcardiac arrest can go a minute or two (actually a lot longer than that) without taking a breath.Now, instead of A-B-C, which stands for airway and breathing first followed by chest compressions, the American Heart Association wants rescuers to practice C-A-B: chest compressions first, then airway and breathing. The 2010 CPR Guidelines rearranged the order of CPR steps.
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