Word: cpr
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According to Nutman, a basketball coach who was at the court called for medical help. A security guard brought over a defibrillator to try to revive Ekperi. Nutman, the guard, and another student continued to administer CPR...
...Sarah Nutman, a rising senior at the Georgetown Day School, who is a certified medical technician—found that Ekperi still had a pulse and began to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. When Ekperi’s pulse stopped a few seconds later, Nutman began to administer CPR...
When an ambulance arrived, the medical staff tried to revive Ekperi, giving her oxygen, CPR, as well as drugs, but they could not rescue her either, Jean Baptiste, who was working with Ekperi for the summer at the National Institute for Health, said...
...still a little confused, the procedure is easy to learn. The first revised CPR classes will be available next spring. You can also go to the AHA website (www.americanheart org and purchase the "CPR Anytime" kit for $30. It comes with a mannequin, a DVD and an instruction manual. You can learn CPR in as little as 22 minutes. It may be the most valuable 22 minutes you have ever spent...
...increasing availability of defibrillators in homes and businesses adds another wrinkle to the rules. Previously, it was recommended that if you have a defibrillator nearby, three bursts of electricity be given sequentially, followed by CPR. Now just one shock is recommended, followed by CPR for 2 min. before another shock is given and so on. Remember, the emphasis is more on the chest compressions...