CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
Kiewit Building Group Newsletter 10/14/14 Volume 2 Week 42
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
CHEST COMPRESSIONS COME FIRST – THE NEW ACRONYM TO REMEMBER
IS C-A-B FOR COMPRESSIONS, AIRWAY, BREATHING
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
THE RESCUER SHOULD GIVE CHEST COMPRESSIONS AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER RATE OF
AT LEAST 100 TIMES PER MINUTE. THAT’S ABOUT THE TEMPO OF THE CLASSIC
DISCO SONG “STAYIN ALIVE”!
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
A rescuer should start chest
compressions promptly if
a person, whose heart
has stopped, is not
breathing properly, or
seems unresponsive
rather than listening and
feeling for normal
breathing, as used to be
the case.
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
THE CHEST COMPRESSION SHOULD PUSH 2.5 INCHES INTO THE ADULT CHEST AND
1.5 INCHES INTO A BABY'S CHEST - A DEEPER PUSH THAN THE OLD GUIDELINES
RECOMMENDED.
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
Hands-only CPR - is another lifesaving
technique involving no mouth to
mouth contact. It is best used in
emergencies where someone has
seen another person suddenly
collapse. The hands-only technique
can be used by persons not
comfortable administering mouth-
to-mouth resuscitation with
compressions.
The American Heart Association’s
committee reviewed several
studies that indicated that
outcomes for victims treated with
hands-only CPR did as well as
those who received both
compressions and mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation.
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CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR):
NEW 2010 GUIDELINES
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29 CFR 1926.50(c) provides: In the absence
of an infirmary clinic, hospital, or
physician, that is reasonably accessible in
terms of time and distance to the worksite,
which is available for the treatment of
injured employees, a person who has a
valid certificate in first-aid training from the
U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red
Cross, or equivalent training that can be
verified by documentary evidence, shall be
available at the worksite to render first aid.
OSHA has long
interpreted the
term "near
proximity" to mean
that emergency
care must be
available within no
more than 3-4
minutes from the
workplace , an
interpretation that
has been upheld by
the Occupational
Safety and Health
Review
Commission and by
federal courts.
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