Sudden cardiac arrest results in 250,000 deaths per year, according to the National Safety Council. CPR is needed when people suffer cardiac arrest resulting from a heart attack, drowning, suffocation, stroke, allergic reaction, diabetic emergency, prolonged seizures, drug overdose, electric shock or certain injuries.
Knowing the correct CPR procedures and responding quickly to a victim could save a life. Research shows CPR and defibrillation within three to five minutes after a victim collapses could save more than half of victims.
Since 2005, the American Heart Association’s CPR guidelines have required (for a nonbreathing, unresponsive victim) 30 compressions on the sternum followed by two breaths, in place of the previous ratio of 15 compressions and two breaths.
While this is all fine and good, new research suggests that victims cannot survive without access to oxygen sometime during the resuscitation effort. Might it be important to have emergency oxygen and/or a bag resuscitator located near your defibrillator in your facility? This should be something to think about.
For more information on this topic, check out this article from Occupational Health and Safety.
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