Um… yeah you do. I teach this stuff. You no longer check for a PULSE before compressions. Please do not start compressions on a breathing person. Compressions hurt. When they wake up they will not thank you.
I was taught to simultaneously place two fingers on the carotid to check for pulse, place my head above their mouth to listen/feel for breaths, and watch the chest for rising and falling. I feel like that’s the best combination and what works for me – they may teach differently, but that’s what I was taught and I’m sticking to it, at least until I get my CPR certification renewed this September.
Most organizations that train in CPR have dropped the pulse check. Reason is, the average person panics a bit. The pulse check was only ever supposed to be a 10 sec check. In real life people were spending up to a minute feeling for a pulse. As long as the pulse check is short, there is nothing really wrong doing it. The current standards takes it out and this makes the procedure easier to remember.
1st – try to wake them up. If you can’t, phone 911 (999 in Britain).
2nd – check breathing. If not breathing, start compressions.
That’s it. You can get fancy if you have a barrier/mask and add breaths.
It’s just that easy to save a life.
You never had to check pulse before compressions in the old procedure. In the old procedure you had to check for responsiveness, check for open airway and breathing, start compressions, then check pulse after first round of compressions. Now it is check for responsiveness, check for pulse, start compressions, after first round of compressions give two rescue breaths.
It’s become the norm for non-medical providers to do compression-only cpr since bystanders typically don’t have a barrier.
This video is not intended for lay public. The average person does not yell things like get a crash cart, nor do they have access to bag valve masks. Different organizations do teach slightly different standards. However, most places have dropped the pulse check for their main classes while including pulse checks in classes intended for health care providers.
Try this link for a current video out of Britain.
If you have a mask, you can add breaths, but not everyone carries a mask.
If a person wants to be AHA certified, they are all taught the same guidelines. Bystander vs Healthcare Provider training are only different in that they don’t teach airways to bystanders. The current trend right now for bystanders is to not even give rescue breaths but to do compressions only.
I am showing this to all of my fellow nursing students, seeing as how it is a requirement to have CPR training before entering the program. This is great.
CPR instructor here….. seriously you can make soooo many more jokes (and many more inappropriate ones depending on the class) , especially with the current method.
I think this is a negative post against the picture, but the grammar and spelling is so bad, I can’t tell. If OP tries to defend it by saying “grammar N***s” are bad, I’m not trying to be one, I simply can’t comprehend your post enough to get the point.
This is stupid and sick…. just wait till someone you love dies because no one in the office knows CPR how dare you make fun of something that could save someones life. This is poor taste and bad judgment.
Wow, no need to be extremely oversensitive. A snuggie could save someone’s life, should I refrain from making jokes about them? You also seem to have made the illusory correlation between making fun of something and non-existence. Just because someone makes a joke here doesn’t mean all office workers will cease to understand what CPR really is.
why is this on every fricken part of this site??
I think it’s an advertisment for Capri-sun, whatever that is….
Capri-sun is a kids drink
From… battlestar galactica?
This is so stupid.
You’re stupid.
You’re stupid. Can’t even reply to someone’s message. Stupid noob.
You’re both stupid.
Odd looking kitchen…
It was her cooking.
“YOU did this!”
Best part.
It’s not meant to be “smart”, it’s meant to be funny. Get over it!
Too bad it is neither. Looks more like a lame ad for Capri Sun.
I have not laughed so hard since the Charlie Murphy/Rick James story.
For you to compare this idiotic thing to the Rick James/ Charlie Murphy skit is ridicules and you need more funny in you life!
This CPR chart is outdated.
Yeah, no-one would go to the office with hair blow-dried that smooth. Needs to be more textured and choppy.
The CPR standards have changed. You no longer check for breathing before doing compressions.
how does that make sense, doing compressions to a person who is breathing normal? thats crap.
Um… yeah you do. I teach this stuff. You no longer check for a PULSE before compressions. Please do not start compressions on a breathing person. Compressions hurt. When they wake up they will not thank you.
I was taught to simultaneously place two fingers on the carotid to check for pulse, place my head above their mouth to listen/feel for breaths, and watch the chest for rising and falling. I feel like that’s the best combination and what works for me – they may teach differently, but that’s what I was taught and I’m sticking to it, at least until I get my CPR certification renewed this September.
Most organizations that train in CPR have dropped the pulse check. Reason is, the average person panics a bit. The pulse check was only ever supposed to be a 10 sec check. In real life people were spending up to a minute feeling for a pulse. As long as the pulse check is short, there is nothing really wrong doing it. The current standards takes it out and this makes the procedure easier to remember.
1st – try to wake them up. If you can’t, phone 911 (999 in Britain).
2nd – check breathing. If not breathing, start compressions.
That’s it. You can get fancy if you have a barrier/mask and add breaths.
It’s just that easy to save a life.
You never had to check pulse before compressions in the old procedure. In the old procedure you had to check for responsiveness, check for open airway and breathing, start compressions, then check pulse after first round of compressions. Now it is check for responsiveness, check for pulse, start compressions, after first round of compressions give two rescue breaths.
It’s become the norm for non-medical providers to do compression-only cpr since bystanders typically don’t have a barrier.
AHA 2011 Guidelines video.
This video is not intended for lay public. The average person does not yell things like get a crash cart, nor do they have access to bag valve masks. Different organizations do teach slightly different standards. However, most places have dropped the pulse check for their main classes while including pulse checks in classes intended for health care providers.
Try this link for a current video out of Britain.
If you have a mask, you can add breaths, but not everyone carries a mask.
If a person wants to be AHA certified, they are all taught the same guidelines. Bystander vs Healthcare Provider training are only different in that they don’t teach airways to bystanders. The current trend right now for bystanders is to not even give rescue breaths but to do compressions only.
I am showing this to all of my fellow nursing students, seeing as how it is a requirement to have CPR training before entering the program. This is great.
CPR instructor here….. seriously you can make soooo many more jokes (and many more inappropriate ones depending on the class) , especially with the current method.
I agree, and most would be far more funny than this Capri Sun ad.
haha love this, chill out people just a joke not real.
THis if for those people who are on the bottom of the food chain. Below popo’s stole and into the void, they plumit to their own human ignorence.
I’m not hatful.
Right.
You must not eat enough hats.
^ Just what I was thinking!
I think this is a negative post against the picture, but the grammar and spelling is so bad, I can’t tell. If OP tries to defend it by saying “grammar N***s” are bad, I’m not trying to be one, I simply can’t comprehend your post enough to get the point.
Did you just censor the word “Nazis”?
Not to get too hyperbolic here, but I think this just may be the most incoherently fantastic comment of all time. Into the void indeed, my friend.
This comment made me laugh harder than the actual post.
“The victim is unconscious. Now is your chance!” X) Bwafflflflfaa
That’s awesome!!! My paycheck last month was $60000. I’m a professional spammer assassin. See you soon.
This is stupid and sick…. just wait till someone you love dies because no one in the office knows CPR how dare you make fun of something that could save someones life. This is poor taste and bad judgment.
Came into the comment section expecting at least one killjoy post. Was not disappointed.
Signed, someone who was saved by CPR.
Grow a sense of humor “as”.
Wow, no need to be extremely oversensitive. A snuggie could save someone’s life, should I refrain from making jokes about them? You also seem to have made the illusory correlation between making fun of something and non-existence. Just because someone makes a joke here doesn’t mean all office workers will cease to understand what CPR really is.
I would hope not, but in today’s society, you never truly know.
Does anyone know where the original one is?
apples meet oranges
The guy looks like Butt-Head.
He must’ve been choking on chicken while Beavis went looking for signs.