What is effective chest compression?
Effective chest compressions produce blood flow during CPR · To give effective chest compressions, all rescuers should “push hard and push fast.” Compress the chest at a rate of about 100 compressions per minute for all victims (except newborns- less than one week old baby). · Allow the chest to recoil (return to normal position) completely after each compression. · Try to limit interruptions in chest compressions. Every time you stop chest compressions, blood flow stops. · When cardiac arrest is present, there is no blood flow. Chest compressions create a small amount of blood flow to the vital organs, such as the brain and heart. · The better the chest compressions is performed (ie, with adequate rate and depth and allowing complete chest recoil), the more blood flow can be produced. · Blood flow stops when chest compressions are interrupted. Every time chest compressions begin again, the first few compressions are not as effective as the later compressions. The more interruptions in
