How to Do Hands-Only CPR

How to Do Hands-Only CPR
The American Heart Association simplifies its guidelines for lifesaving action when a person's heart stops. Transcript of radio broadcast:
06 May 2008

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is help for a stopped heart. It increases the chances of survival and reduces the danger of brain damage. With traditional CPR, you push hard on the chest thirty times, then stop to give two breaths to force air into the lungs. You repeat the steps until the victim can get medical treatment.

But people may worry about getting sick from blowing into a stranger's mouth. Also, the training is easy to forget, especially in a crisis. And those without training may be afraid to do anything for fear they will do something wrong.

So now, the American Heart Association has simplified its guidelines and is calling for hands-only CPR. Here is how it works:

A person has collapsed and is unconscious. The victim has lost color in the face and does not appear to be breathing. These are signs of cardiac arrest -- and this is the time to begin CPR.

Place your hands, one on top of the other, on the center of the chest. Push hard and fast. Aim for a rate of about one hundred presses in a minute. Chest compressions keep the blood flowing to the brain, heart and other organs.

CPR guidelines from two thousand five said only untrained people should use this method. Those with training were told to use traditional CPR. But now the American Heart Association says everyone should use hands-only CPR unless they feel strong about their ability to do rescue breathing.

The organization says the hands-only method was just as effective as traditional CPR in several studies. Scientists say there is enough oxygen remaining in a person’s system for several minutes after breathing stops. They also say people need less oxygen when the heart is at rest.

The American Heart Association recommends hands-only CPR for use on adults who suddenly collapse. It says traditional CPR with a combination of breaths and compressions should be used for babies and children. Traditional CPR should also be used for adults who are found already unconscious and not breathing normally. And it should be used for any victims of drowning or collapse from breathing problems.

These are all examples of cases where CPR with mouth-to-mouth breathing may be more helpful that hands-only CPR. The American Heart Association says because there are many such cases, people should still learn CPR that includes mouth-to-mouth.

And that’s the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver. For a link to more on hands-only CPR, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Mario Ritter.

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如何做手只有心肺复苏术
美国心脏协会，简化其指引救生行动，当一个人的心脏停止。全文电台广播：
2008年5月6日
这是美国之音特别英语卫生报告。

心肺复苏术，或心肺复苏术，是帮助一个停止的心脏。它增加了生存机会，并减少危险的脑损伤。与传统的心肺复苏术，你推动的努力，公益金30倍，然后停下来举两个呼吸，迫使空气进入肺部。你重复步骤，直到受害人可以得到救治。

但是，人们可能担心生病，从吹瓶到陌生人的嘴。此外，训练是很容易忘记，特别是处于危机之中。和那些没有培训可能会害怕做任何事情，恐怕他们会做一些错误的。

所以现在，美国心脏协会已简化其指引，并呼吁为手中只有心肺复苏术。这里是如何运作：

一个人有倒塌和昏迷。受害人已失去颜色，在面对和似乎并不被呼吸。这些迹象心跳骤停-这是时间开始心肺复苏术。

请将您的手中，一再加上其他，对中心的胸部。推动硬性。目的是为率大概是100压力机在一分钟内。胸部压缩保持血流到脑部，心脏及其他器官。

心肺复苏术的指引，从2000五说，只有未受过训练的人应该使用此方法。那些训练被告知使用传统心肺复苏术。但现在美国心脏协会说，每个人都应该利用手中的只有心肺复苏术，除非他们感到强烈的对他们的能力，做拯救了呼吸。

该组织说，手-唯一的方法是有效的，正如传统的心肺复苏术，在数项研究。科学家们说，有足够的氧气，其余在一个人的制度，好几分钟后，呼吸停止。他们也说，人民需要的氧气不足时，心脏是在休息。

美国心脏协会建议，手中只使用心肺复苏术对成年人谁突然崩溃。它说，与传统的心肺复苏术相结合的呼吸和压缩应该用于婴儿和儿童。传统心肺复苏术，应该也可用于成年人，谁被发现已经昏迷及呼吸正常。它应该被用于任何的受害者，溺水或崩溃，从呼吸困难。

这些都是例子的情况下，心肺复苏术与嘴对嘴人工呼吸呼吸可能会更有帮助的手说，只有心肺复苏术。美国心脏协会说，因为有很多这种情况下，人们应该仍是学习心肺复苏法，包括嘴对嘴人工呼吸。

这是该美国之音特别英语卫生报告，书面，由caty维夫。一个链接到更多的手中，只有心肺复苏术，去voaspecialenglish.com 。我马里奥里特尔。