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2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

3. Know heart attack signs, how to perform hands-only CPR in ...

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   CPR has two main skills, providing compressions and giving breaths. Hands-only CPR starts to circulate the already oxygenated blood throughout the system and can be the bridge from death back to life.

4. Automated external defibrillator - Wikipedia

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   An automated external defibrillator or automatic electronic defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, [1] and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to re ...

5. Return of spontaneous circulation - Wikipedia

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   There are multiple factors during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation that are associated with success of achieving return of spontaneous circulation. . One of the factors in CPR is the chest compression fraction, which is a measure of how much time during cardiac arrest are chest compressions perfor

6. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is a part of most protocols for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) [6] [7] making it an essential skill for first aid. In some situations, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is also performed separately, for instance in near-drowning and opiate overdoses.

7. Project Heart Start Program to host its Health Fair - AOL

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   Jun. 7—What skill is more important than knowing CPR? On Saturday, June 18, the Project Heart Start Program is having its health fair from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The event will be held in Rio Rancho ...