Cardiopulmonary or cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be performed as soon as the victim stops breathing. This technique combines two complementary actions: artificial respiration and cardiac massage.

For an adult or a child: 30 compressions – 2 breaths => 100 compressions per minute.

The stages of cardiopulmonary or cardiopulmonary resuscitation

1. Opening of the airways (tilt the victim’s head back by putting your hand on his forehead and two fingers under his chin);
2. Checking for breathing (looking, listening, feeling);
3. 2 breaths (to check that nothing is blocking the airways);
4. 30 compressions ;
5. 2 breaths;
6. 30 compressions ;
7. Continue until help arrives.

    

The victim must be lying on his back. Stand on the victim’s side at chest height. Place your right hand on your left hand, wrap the fingers of your left hand with the fingers of your right hand and pull them up so that only the palm of your hand is touching the victim. Imagine a horizontal line in the center of the victim’s chest and place your hands in the center of this line on the breastbone. Your elbows should be straight.

Perform 30 compressions, followed by two breaths, and repeat these movements until help arrives. The compressions must be done at a rate of 100 per minute (count 1-and-2-and-3-and-4…). The depth of the compressions should be about 5 cm (2 inches).

Cardiopulmonary or cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a baby:

Do the same procedure as for the adult but use only 2 fingers instead of both hands. The depth of the compressions should be approximately 4 cm (1 1/2 inches).