Overview
You have been given this leaflet to inform you about CPR.
CPR is a treatment that is used to try to restart someone’s heart and breathing when one or both of these has stopped. When the heart stops this is called a cardiac arrest and when the breathing stops it is a respiratory arrest. If one stops, the other usually stops soon afterwards (cardiorespiratory arrest).
CPR includes:
- repeatedly pushing down very vigorously on the centre of the chest;
- blowing air or oxygen into the lungs, using either a mask over the nose and mouth or a tube inserted into the throat or windpipe; and often
- using electric shocks to try to restart normal heartbeats.
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