American Red Cross - McLean County Unit District No. 5
American Red Cross
CPR for the Professional Rescuer
Review Information
| |Rescue Breathing |Obstructed Airway |CPR |CPR |
| | | |1-Person |2-Person |
|Adult |1:5 | |30:2 |30:2 |
| | |Unconscious |1.5 to 2 inches deep |1.5 to 2 inches deep |
| | |5 Chest thrusts | | |
| | | | | |
| | |Conscious | | |
| | |5 Back blows | | |
| | |5 Abdominal thrusts | | |
|Child |1:3 | |30:2 |15:2 |
| | |Unconscious |to 1.5 inches deep |1.0 to 1.5 inches deep |
| | |5 Chest thrusts |*Can use 1-handed method as well as a| |
| | | |2-hand compression method | |
| | | | | |
| | |Conscious | | |
| | |5 Back blows | | |
| | |5 Abdominal thrusts | | |
|Infant |1:3 | |30:2 |15:2 |
| | |Unconscious |½ to 1 inch deep |½ to 1 inch deep |
| | |5 Chest thrusts |*1 hand on forehead and fingers on |Two-Thumbs, Encircling Hands |
| | | |chest – do not pick up fingers when | |
| | | |giving a breath | |
| | | | | |
| | |Conscious | | |
| | |5 Back blows | | |
| | |5 Chest thrusts | | |
|Common |*Perform Rescue Breathing for |*Look before you sweep, then give 2 |*Compress at a rate of 100 |*Change after 2-minutes of care to |
| |2-minutes, stop, check then continue |breaths to assess if the airway was |compression per minute |prevent fatigue |
| |if necessary |opened | |*100 compression per minute of care |
| |*1-second in length |*Obtain consent for all conscious | | |
| |*Makes chest clearly rise |victims or minors | | |
| | |*Adult & Child – use index finger to | | |
| | |sweep | | |
| | |*Infant – use pinky finger to sweep | | |
| | |*Chest compression depths are the | | |
| | |same as CPR | | |
|When performing an initial assessment on a conscious victim us the SAMPLE Method: |When dealing with a suspected stroke use the FAST procedure: |
|Signs & Symptoms |Facial Expressions |
|Allergies |Arms |
|Medication |Speech patterns |
|Pertinent Past History |Time – note for EMT’s |
|Last oral intake | |
|Events leading up to injury | |
|Cardiac Chain of Survival |Abnormal Heart Rhythms: |
|Early recognition of the emergency and early access to EMS |Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib) – disorganized electrical activity in the heart, results in fibrillation|
|Early CPR |or quivering of the ventricles which in turn prevents blood from being pumped through the body |
|Early Defibrillation |Ventricular Tachycardia (V-tach) – rapid contraction of the ventricles, the rhythm is normal but too |
|Early advanced medical care |fast, the ventricles do not have time to fill with blood prior to contracting |
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|Signs & Symptoms of a Heart Attack | |
|Discomfort, pressure or pain in chest | |
|Pain that comes and goes | |
|Trouble breathing – usually faster than normal | |
|Pale or ashen skin usually around the face | |
|Sweating heavily | |
|Dizziness | |
|Additional Signs & Symptoms in a Women: | |
|Shortness of breath | |
|Nauseas or vomiting | |
|Back or jaw pain | |
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