How to Do CPR on an Adult

Video Transcript

"At any point in time, anyone of us can find ourselves in a situation, where a person suffers from a heart attack, or cardiac respiratory arrest, and needs the steps of CPR performed. Hi, I'm Captain Joe Bruni. What we're going to talk about, is how to perform CPR, on the adult victim or patient. The very first step, is we would ensure that the scene is safe, by scanning the area, to make sure there are no hazards. If there are no hazards, we approach the patient, and the first thing we want to determine, is the airway, breathing, and circulation. Basically, is the person breathing? To determine this, we would do the Look, Listen, and Feel technique, of Head Tilt Chin Lift. Listening, looking at chest rise, and feeling for air exchange against our cheek. If there isn't any air exchange, we would pinch off the nose. Give two quick rescue breaths. After the two quick rescue breaths, looking for chest rise to follow. We would then feel for circulation, by feeling the carotid pulse, alongside the neck on either side, using the forefingers and the index finger, not the thumb, because the thumb has its own pulse. If there is no circulation or heartbeat, we would prepare for the steps of CPR, placing one hand on top of the other, between the nipple line, on the breastbone, and shoot for a hundred and twenty compressions per minute, and the rate would be thirty compressions, to two rescue breaths, so it would be a very rapid of, one, two, three, four, five, six, and so on. After thirty, we would go back to Head Tilt Chin Lift, two rescue breaths, and back to compressions. After so many compressions and rescue breaths, we would then reevaluate, breathing and circulation. This can be a lifesaving situation, and experience, for both rescuer and victim. I'm Captain Joe Bruni. Stay safe, and we'll see you next time."