CPR For Adults
![]() Check the victim for unresponsiveness. (During cardiac arrest, the heart stops pumping blood, the blood pressure falls to zero and the pulse disappears. Within 10 seconds of cardiac arrest the person loses consciousness and becomes unresponsive. If you shake or shout at the victim, there will be no response. Sometimes a person in cardiac arrest may make grunting, gasping or snoring type breathing sounds for a couple of minutes. Do not be confused by this abnormal type of breathing.) If a person is unresponsive and not breathing (or breathing abnormally) then call 911 and begin CPR. If there is no response, Call 911 and return to the victim. In most locations the emergency dispatcher can assist you with CPR instructions. 2. BLOW 3. CONTINUE WITH
2 BREATHS AND 15 PUMPS UNTIL HELP ARRIVES NOTE: This ratio is the same for one-person and two-person CPR. In two-person CPR the person pumping the chest stops while the other gives mouth-to-mouth breathing |