Most bystanders hesitate to help, simpler CPR could change that
Students learn hands-only CPR at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. A recent study showed 70 percent of people feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they don`t know how to do CPR or are afraid of hurting the victim. Dr. Ruchika Husa teaches a simplified version of CPR that eliminates mouth-to-mouth contact and focusses only on chest compressions, which has been shown to be just as effective in patient survival rates. Details: bit.ly/1z8LuZr.Image Downloads
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – More than a thousand times a day someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in this country, and most of the bystanders who witness it say they feel powerless to help. Unfortunately, that ends up costing nearly 400,000 people their lives each year.
“If these patients get CPR immediately, their chance of survival can double or even triple,” said Dr. Ruchika Husa, a cardiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. “Unfortunately, only 40 percent of them will get CPR from a bystander,” said Husa.
In an effort to change those numbers, Husa is one of millions of health care professionals teaching hands-only CPR, a simpler approach that only requires chest compressions and not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
“Many of us recall learning a form of CPR at some point that required several different steps,” said Husa. “Well, now there are only two: call 9-1-1 and start chest compressions immediately. That’s it. Just doing those two things could make a dramatic difference for hundreds of thousands of people,” she said.
Dr. Ruchika Husa leads a CPR class at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Husa says hands-only CPR could encourage more people to learn it and administer it during medical emergencies. Each year 420,000 people collapse in sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, but only 40 percent will get CPR from a bystander. Details on the simplified CPR approach: bit.ly/1z8LuZr
Students learn a simplified approach to CPR from Dr. Ruchika Husa, a cardiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. More than a thousand people a day suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, but fewer than half will receive CPR from bystanders. Husa says eliminating mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and focusing only on chest compressions, could encourage more people to help heart victims during an emergency. Details: bit.ly/1z8LuZr
Students learn hands-only CPR at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. A recent study showed 70 percent of people feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they don`t know how to do CPR or are afraid of hurting the victim. Dr. Ruchika Husa teaches a simplified version of CPR that eliminates mouth-to-mouth contact and focuses only on chest compressions, which has been shown to be just as effective in patient survival rates.
Dr. Ruchika Husa checks a patient`s heart images at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Husa teaches a simplified version of CPR that eliminates mouth-to-mouth contact and focuses solely on chest compressions. Each year 420,000 people suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital setting but fewer than half receive CPR from a bystander. Husa hopes the simplified version of hands-only CPR will encourage more people to learn it and use it during an emergency. Details: bit.ly/1z8LuZr
