How to Perform CPR

After Michael Jackson's sudden death, there is need for all of us to learn how to perform CPR the correct way. CPR is used to restore and maintain a patient's respiration and the heart after breathing has stopped.

Things you'll need:

• Hard surface to place patient on
• mouth shield

Instructions:
1.First determine the person's responsiveness. Call them, touch them or shake them to try and wake them up. This is to make sure the person is unconscious before intervening.

2. Call out for help. Send someone to call for help. Place the person on a hard flat surface on their back. Be careful when moving them.

3.Kneel near the patient to be near the chest and head. Open the airway by lifting the chin while keeping the mouth partially open. Place one hand on the forehead and the other under the chin in order to lift the chin without compressing tissues under the chin which can cause airway obstruction

4.check for breathing by placing your ear and mouth over the patient's mouth and nose. Check to see if the chest rises If the person does start breathing after you open his airway, begin rescue breathing. Pinch the nostril shut using the hand you have placed on the forehead. Take a deep breath and place your mouth over patients' mouth creating a tight seal. Give two breaths. Check for circulation by palpating the carotid artery. If you detect a pulse, do not start chest compressions, instead continue with rescue breaths. If there is no pulse, begin chest compressions. Make sure the patient is lying on a hard surface. Give 15 chest compressions at a rate of 100 per minute. Open the airway and give to more breaths. Complete four cycles of 15 compressions and two rescue breaths. Check for circulation. If you detect a pulse but the patient is not breathing, give 12 ventilations per minute and monitor the pulse.

5.Only stop CPR when the person's respirations and pulse return or until the rescue team arrives. You can do a two people CPR if there are other people available to help. One person does the compressions while the other does the resue breaths and checking for circulation.