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Have you ever wondered how rescue breaths in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) work? Surely, we breath out Carbon Dioxide so how does breathing into a patient help? Everyone learns at school that we breath in Oxygen...
Revising for your American Heart Association (AHA) CPR exam can be daunting. The protocols and procedures can seem very complicated, especially if this is the first CPR exam you’ve had to take. Well, fear...
The heart is a muscular, cone-shaped organ located behind the sternum and is approximately the same size as the patient’s closed fist. The heart walls are made up the three structures: the pericardium, myocardium...
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the most common cause of cardiac arrest. It is a rapid, chaotic, lethal rhythm of the heart. In this condition the heart is unable to contract and therefore unable to...
Our friends over at firstaidforfree.com have just launched a free online Automated External Defibrillator (AED) course. This new course covers basic principles of defibrillation and its role in the management of sudden cardiac arrest....
In this CPR blog post we discuss how to perform rescue breathing / artificial ventilations on a casualty. On normal inspiration, a person breathes in approximately 21% oxygen. The body uses between 4 –...
Here’s a set of notes written about Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Feel free to test your knowledge of CPR after reading these notes by using one of our free CPR practice tests. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
Studying for an upcoming CPR exam? Need some practice questions to test your knowledge? Here at CPR-test.org we’ve compiled a bank of free questions and answers to help you improve your knowledge of CPR....
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) involves delivering chest compressions to a patient who is in cardiac arrest (their heart has stopped beating). Chest compressions work to keep the brain and body supplied with oxygen by squeezing the heart and forcing...
A defibrillator, or AED (automated external defibrillator), is a life-saving device which delivers an electrical shock to the heart during a cardiac arrest. There are many myths about using a defibrillator. Many people believe...
