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The way that CPR is administered has changed.
Based on modern medical research, the Japan Emergency Medical Services Foundation has revised the their guidelines for emergency resuscitation in order to make it easier to remember. Although these guidelines are new, the overall flow of emergency resuscitation remains the same: check for consciousness, call an ambulance (TEL: 119), ensure that the airway is unblocked, perform artificial respiration and chest compressions, and then use an AED (automated external defibrillator).
What is the biggest change?
Artificial mouth-to-mouth respiration can be skipped
Artificial respiration is more effective, but if people hesitate to perform any CPR at all because they do not wish to provide mouth-to-mouth respiration, it can lead to the death of the patient. People may hesitate to do this even in the case of a family member or close friend, let alone a stranger lying on the street. If the victim's mouth is covered in blood or vomit, this will give any potential rescuer even more pause.
However, recent studies have shown that even without artificial respiration, if the chest can be properly compressed, the lifesaving rate is much better than if nothing is done at all.
The number of chest compressions has been increased from 15 to 30. The goal is to minimize interruptions in order to fully restore blood flow to the heart. The key to chest compressions is to make them strong (depressing the sternum 4-5 cm), fast and constant, at a pace of about 100 compressions per minute.
Whether the victim is breathing or not should be judged on the basis of whether they are breathing normally. Someone suffering a serious medical emergency may gasp for breath, making it difficult to determine if they are breathing properly. If the victim is breathing normally, place them in the recovery position and watch them while waiting for medical assistance to arrive.
You may be worried that you won't be able to do everything properly in an emergency, but just doing what you can is a big help. The most important thing is to have the courage to ask "are you ok"?
The AEDs installed at KUAS have been checked and confirmed to be trouble-free, so please make use of them in an emergency.
CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (clearing the airway, then providing artificial respiration and cardiac massage)
