Faith Regional Health Services | living WELL | Spring 2018

Hands-only CPR: Why you should consider doing it You don’t need to know how to perform mouth-to-mouth cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save the life of someone in cardiac arrest. You can use hands-only CPR. Stayin’ alive: Hands-only CPR how-to Hands-only CPR consists of just two steps: Call 911 if you see a teen or an adult collapse and they’re not responsive when you ask them if they’re OK. Push hard and fast in the center of the person’s chest. Use the beat of the disco classic “Stayin’ Alive” to guide your compressions. No mouth-to-mouth breathing is required. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the vast majority of cardiac arrests take place at home or in a nonhospital public place. Most people who haven’t learned CPR feel helpless to act in that situation. Yet when a person has a cardiac arrest, their survival depends on how quickly someone performs CPR For every minute that passes before help arrives, SCA survival odds decrease by 7 to 10 percent. That’s where hands-only CPR comes in. It has been shown to be as effective as full CPR during the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest. To watch a demonstration video of hands-only CPR in action, visit frhs.org . app today, r tomorrow SCA victim in need 911 system sends PulsePoint alert Signal received by nearby PulsePoint users Users rush to help victim be- fore professional help arrives 1 2 911 CALL FRHS.ORG 9