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What is happening when I press on the chest during CPR?

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What is happening when I press on the chest during CPR?

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When you press on the chest, youre squeezing the heart to circulate blood throughout the body. The action of chest compressions (the pressing and releasing) manually pumps blood to the lungs and then to the brain to help improve the chances of survivability for a victim of cardiac arrest.