What is lay person CPR?
• CPR is also called cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CPR is used when a person stops breathing and his heart has stopped beating. Adult CPR should be used on people over the age of about eight years old. “Lay person” refers to anyone who is not a trained healthcare worker. If you start CPR early and do it correctly, you may be able to save someone from dying. Practice the steps of CPR and know them well. • Rescue breathing means breathing into the mouth of a person who is unable to breathe well enough on their own. A chest compression is the placement of pressure on and off the chest with your hands. A compression presses the heart between the spine (backbone) and sternum (breastbone). This forces blood out of the heart and into the rest of the body. Chest compressions done with rescue breathing is called CPR. An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is often found in public places such as airports, casinos, and shopping malls. The use of an AED device in addition to correctly doing CP
