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CPR

When someone's blood flow or breathing stops, seconds count. Permanent brain damage or death can happen quickly. If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you could save a life. CPR is an emergency procedure for a person whose heart has stopped (called sudden cardiac arrest) or who is no longer breathing. CPR can maintain the blood flow breathing until emergency medical help arrives.

Take these steps if someone is in sudden cardiac arrest:

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Results 1 - 10 of 214 for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  1. CPR (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... happen quickly. If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you could save a life. CPR is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/cpr.html - Health Topics
  2. CPR - adult and child after onset of puberty 
    CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a lifesaving procedure that is done when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen after ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000013.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. CPR - young child (age 1 year to onset of puberty) 
    CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a lifesaving procedure that is done when a child's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000012.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. CPR - infant 
    CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a lifesaving procedure that is done when a baby's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000011.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. CPR 
    CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is an emergency life-saving procedure that is done when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000010.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Choking/Treatments and Therapies ... Choking ... Drowning/Learn More ... Drowning ... CPR/Start Here ... CPR ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../first-aid-cpr/basics/ART-20056600?p=1 - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    CPR/Clinical Trials
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...esuscitation&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. Choking - unconscious adult or child over 1 year 
    ... update to the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. Pediatrics . 2020;145(1): ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000051.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Last Days of Life From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    End of Life Issues/Start Here ... End of Life Issues ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... The last days of life for patients with ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../caregivers/planning/last-days-pdq - External Health Links
  10. Choking (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... back blows, the Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrusts), and CPR.
    https://medlineplus.gov/choking.html - Health Topics
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