When cardiac arrest happens, the heart stops pumping blood. Permanent brain damage happens after 4 minutes without oxygen, and death can happen 4-6 minutes afterward. Every second matter when someone collapses from a cardiac arrest. Knowing what’s happening around you means you can react faster, and may be able to save a precious life.

There’s difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. We call it a heart attack when one of the coronary arteries that supply the heart becomes obstructed. The heart muscle is deprived of its essential blood supply, and if left unattended, will start to die as it’s not acquiring sufficient oxygen. This augments the odds of the sufferer experiencing cardiac arrest.

Cardiac arrest is when a person’s heart stops pounding, and they stop breathing or are only wheezing. A person with cardiac arrest will collapse, stop breathing & have no pulse. This is the right time to administer CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

However, the 1^st step should be to call 999 from a landline or 112 from a mobile phone. Once you have reported the emergency, you can start chest compressions. If you’re with someone else, get that person to make the call while you start CPR.

Kneel adjacent to the victim. Place the heel of one hand on top of the other. Lock your elbows.

Aim for the middle of the chest between the nipples, and push hard & fast at 100-120 pushes a minute.

Don’t stop doing the CPR until the medical professionals arrive. Bystander CPR provides many survival benefits: it’s in fact associated with a 2 to three time increase in survival when compared to victims who had no cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to the arrival of emergency medical services staff.

Study shows that hands-only CPR done by a bystander is just as productive in the 1^st few minutes of sudden cardiac arrest.

Hands-only CPR helps pump blood all through the body & sends oxygen to the brain and vital organs, offering the patient a better chance of survival until medical assistance arrives.

Study also shows that the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator), alongside bystander CPR, can drastically improve survival up to 75 percent.

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