Explanation of the Steps of the CPR Process; What is it | How to Perform | Health note – If someone has a sudden cardiac arrest, give CPR: Life can be saved, what is CPR, know the answer to every question from the doctor. Achi-News

This busy life, rapidly changing lifestyle and wrong eating habits have increased the risk of many diseases. One of these diseases is cardiac arrest. In the last few years, cases of cardiac arrest have increased so much that fear has risen in people’s minds. It is worrying that even good youth are becoming victims.

We have seen many such videos on social media, where a youth suddenly dies of cardiac arrest while dancing or working out at the gym.

However, there is a method which, if done immediately, increases the chances of saving a heart attack patient. In the language of medicine, it is called CPR ie cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

According to the American Heart Association’s ‘Heart and Stroke Statistics 2022’ report, cardiac arrest is a public health crisis. More than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur each year in the United States, approximately 90% of which are fatal. The surprising thing is that more than 23,000 children and young people every year in America suffer from it.

According to the famous medical journal ‘De Lascent’, every year in India, about 5-6 lakh people die due to sudden cardiac arrest (SCD) and a large number of them are people aged 50 years or less.

so today ‘health record’ In this we will tell you in detail about CPR, and we will also know that-

It is important for everyone to know about CPR, so that anyone can give first aid to a cardiac arrest patient. About this, we spoke to Dr. Gaurang Majumdar, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon Medanta Hospital, Lucknow and answered all questions related to this.

Question: What is CPR?

answer: CPR ie Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an emergency life saving procedure, done when the heart stops beating. CPR can help a person survive cardiac arrest. Even if you don’t know how to give CPR, you can help someone just by using your hands. For this you need to take immediate action.

Question: How does CPR work inside the body?

answer: The heart’s job is to maintain blood circulation throughout the body. This is a mechanical muscular pump, which pumps blood 60 to 70 times every minute and supplies pressurized blood to the whole body. Blood contains oxygen and nutrition and to stay alive, every cell in the body needs oxygen and blood nutrition.

Blood does the work of delivering oxygen and nutrition to all these cells. The work of sending that blood to all the cells is done by the central pump ie the heart. This is called the heart’s pumping function.

Once the blood goes everywhere in the body, then the oxygen and nutrients are removed from that blood, after which the blood turns black. The same blood goes to the lungs to be turned red again by giving it oxygen, so as soon as the person breathes, that black blood turns red. In general, understand that the heart and lungs work together as a unit to keep a person alive. The first word in CPR is ‘cardiac’ ie heart. The second is ‘pulmonary’ which means lungs. Both of these are very important for living life.

Suppose for some reason the heart stops pumping, then blood will not flow to the body and when blood does not circulate then who will provide oxygen and nutrition. Although oxygen is very important to every organ, but the most important thing in it is the brain, which is a very sensitive organ.

If the brain does not get blood, the person will go into a permanent coma. After the heart stops, the brain dies first. In such a situation, in order to keep the brain alive, we have to start the heart immediately, but the heart has stopped. In such a situation, we will have to operate the heart mechanically.

For this, we give external compression to the heart ie we press the chest with our hands. Because of this, the blood inside the heart will go to the whole body, some will also go to the lungs. But if cardiac arrest has occurred, even the lungs will not function, so the person will have to be given oxygen by mouth-to-mouth breathing.

Give chest compressions four or five times and blow once. By compression, the blood will go to the whole body and we give our oxygen to that blood. This process must be done continuously until the heart starts working.

Question: What is the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack?

answer: Cardiac arrest means that the heart is unable to pump and expel blood. Due to the pumping of the heart, blood goes to the whole body and once the heart pumps, 60 to 70 ML of blood goes to the whole body. This is called an ejection. When the heart stops pumping, it is called cardiac arrest.

A heart attack means a blockage in the tube that supplies blood to the heart. Because of a sudden blockage in the duct, the heart muscles are deprived of blood and those muscles are damaged. This is called a heart attack. A heart attack does not mean an arrest, but a heart attack may or may not lead to an arrest.

Question: Can CPR be given in a heart attack too?

answer: No, CPR is only given for cardiac arrest. CPR is not necessary for a heart attack because even though our blood pressure is maintained and the heartbeat continues, a heart attack still occurs.

Question: So how do you know a cardiac arrest has occurred?

answer: In case of a heart attack, the patient will say that he has pain and sweating, then take him to the hospital immediately, but in case of cardiac arrest, the patient will immediately collapse in the same place and becomes unconscious. In such a situation, CPR should be given immediately by making the patient lie on a flat surface. Giving CPR incorrectly won’t do anything, but not giving it will definitely make a difference.

Question: How long after an arrest is there a chance of giving CPR?

answer: CPR should be started within three minutes of becoming unconscious. If it is delayed, then the brain will die. Even if the heart starts working again after three minutes of CPR, the person will still go into a coma. There is no use of it. Therefore, the sooner CPR is given, the better the recovery.

Question: Do doctors also give CPR?

answer: Doctor Gaurang Majumdar says doctors are also giving CPR in the hospital. This results in 60 to 70% recovery, but 50% more struggle in roadside CPR because people don’t have perfect knowledge about it.

Question: How long must CPR be given?

answer: Until the heart starts working again. With CPR you can keep a person alive for about 2 hours.