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How to Perform CPR on an Accident Victim

Jan 11, 2022 By: Teton Gravity Research
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CPR is one of the most basic and important emergency medicine skills to have in your bag of tricks, as knowing how to properly do a chest compression series (push way harder than you think you need to!) could save a victim's life if you roll up on them and they're not breathing.

RELATED: How to assess a backcountry patient in 60 seconds

Johnny Bresette shows how to properly execute CPR on a non-responsive, non-breathing victim. The key points? After calling 911, tilt their head back so their airway is as straight as possible. Interlace your hands, put the heel of your hands on the victim's chest while keeping your arms rigid, push down with your entire body weight and not just your arms, and do 30 compressions at the pace of the song Stayin' Alive (then appreciate the irony), then two full, deep breaths five seconds apart before resuming compressions. If you're alone, and untrained, stick to just compressions. 

Keep doing this until better-trained assistance arrives or the victim comes to.

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CPR training is crucial for everyday life, and especially out in the backcountry! I can definitely attest to the need for pushing harder than you think on compressions. I own a tree service company, and I get all my guys CPR training every year. The instructor tells us if you don’t hear cracking (of the ribs) you’re not doing it hard enough. We’re often in remote areas and the need to know what to do when something goes wrong.
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This is a great video.  Breaths should be 1-second in duration, with the second breath given as soon as the chest has fallen from the first breath, not 5-seconds apart.  Again, great video!

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