Are you really pumping the heart?
However, the heart typically needs an electric shock to get to restart.
It’s also deep in the chest.
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Blood isn’t getting to their brain and other vital organs.
Before beginning, be sure to call 911 or direct another person to do so.
This is a portable gear that can be used by the public.
You place its pads on the person’s chest.
If one is at the ready, use it immediately, then begin CPR.
Leave the pads in place and follow the instructions on the rig.
If one is not right there for you to use, do not delay starting CPR.
This involves compressing the chest as with traditional CPR, but not stopping to administer breaths.
CPR chest compressions can help restore blood flow to the brain, heart, and other vital organs.
A heart attack blocks blood flow to the heart and is not the same as cardiac arrest.
That said, a person can go into sudden cardiac arrest after having a heart attack.
During a heart attack, a person is still breathing and talking.
They don’t need CPR, but they do need to get immediately to a hospital.
Body tissues and muscles act like sponges.
Squeezing them forces liquidin this case, bloodout.
That blood then goes back into circulation.
Blood that goes into the veins can’t go backward because of their valves.
The heart poses a similar issue.
Each of itsfour chambershas a valve.
Getting back to our sponge analogy, when you stop squishing tissues, they suck up more blood.
This means there may be more blood to squeeze into circulation on the next compression.
The body tissues also act like sponges, squeezing out blood that can move into blood vessels.
Find a CPR training class in your area through theAmerican Red CrossorAmerican Heart Association.
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