All people who are pulled from the water after drowning should receive CPR with rescue breaths and chest compressions, ...
The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.
Anyone removed from the water without signs of normal breathing or consciousness should be presumed to be in cardiac arrest.
The guidelines include topics not previously addressed by the AHA, such as giving someone rescue ... Rescuers should immediately begin CPR. Trained rescuers should initiate CPR by giving two ...
All other recommendations and algorithms published in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care remain the official clinical recommendations for ...
Updated guidance reaffirms the recommendation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and highlights the importance of ...
The science of resuscitation has advanced since CPR and ECC guidelines were last published ... rhythm was ventricular fibrillation. These new AHA recommendations, which are based on the strongest ...