Medical services says CPR techniques have changed
Medical services commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation techniques this week, and everyone is being encouraged to know CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator.
If a victim is unconscience and not breathing or does not have a pulse, CPR techniques can be performed until more helps come.
Ed Moser with Rural Metro Medical Services says CPR techniques have changed since he started teaching the life-saving method years ago. Today, the formal CPR technique taught in classes is 30 compressions to 2 mouth repirations.
CPR is the first step to keep the body viable until a shock with AED can be received. New technology such as the AED is just one piece of new equipment that is assisting the CPR response. Moser says if you can defibrillate or give a shock to a person in distress within 1 minute of unconsciousness, they have a 90 percent chance of survival.
Moser says everyone should know how to perform compression and respiration CPR. He says 90 percent of people who go into sudden cardiac arrest go into cardiac arrest at home. So, most people performing CPR may do it on a loved-one. But, if you need to give CPR to a person you don't know, Moser says he teaches a hands-only CPR technique so you don't have to give mouth-to-mouth.
For more information, visit www.cprweek.org, www.handsonlycpr.org or www.bethebeat.org.
