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

Want to learn more? Get trained or refreshed!

Contact your manager.

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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