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Changes in the Administration of CPR Techniques

This article highlights amendments that have been made in how CPR techniques are administered following improvements in the ILCOR guidelines.  Initially, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, abbreviated CPR, was accomplished by following the steps outlined in the acronym A-B-C which stands for airway, breathing, compressions. This has now been changed to C-A-B, which is basically an alteration of

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How to Carry Out Hands-Only CPR

By definition, hands-only CPR refers to CPR techniques that do not involve mouth-to-mouth contact. CPR- cardiac pulmonary resuscitation- is a life-saving technique that comes in handy following the blockage of the airway or during major circulatory emergencies such as cardiac arrest.  The importance of this technique cannot be overestimated when you consider that at least a

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