Rescue breaths in CPR could not be necessary at first
By Hicbd
Wed Mar 1 2023 10:04 am
"When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, uncirculated oxygen remains in the bloodstream. Research has shown that doing chest compressions, without rescue breaths, can circulate that oxygen and be as effective in doing it as traditional compression/rescue breath CPR for the first few minutes...However, the other common path to cardiac arrest is secondary cardiac arrest, when there is an initial airway or breathing problem that prevents oxygen from entering the body. The lack of available oxygen will progressively weaken and slow the heart rate down until the heart stops. Secondary cardiac arrest occurs from things such as drowning, opioid overdose, and suffocation. This is the most common way cardiac arrest occurs in children."
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