{"id":13053,"date":"2019-07-05T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/?p=13053"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:00:16","slug":"hands-only-cpr-increases-the-chances-of-surviving-out-of-hospital-cardiac-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/hands-only-cpr-increases-the-chances-of-surviving-out-of-hospital-cardiac-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-only CPR Increases the Chances of Surviving out-of-hospital Cardiac Attacks."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hands-Only CPR facts: Is Bystander Issued Hands-Only CPR Useful?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Heart\nAssociation’s journal featured research by Swedish researchers on\nout-of-hospital cardiac arrest rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The findings showed\nrates of bystander CPR went up almost twofold compression-only\/Hands-only CPR\nincreased sixfold over 18 years. Other hands only CPR facts showed the chances\nof living doubled for all forms of CPR compared to no CPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the increased\nadoption of hands-only CPR as a replacement to the standard CPR involving\nmouth-to-mouth and chest compression, the researchers studied the impact of the straightforward Hands-Only CPR approach<\/a> and linked between the method of CPR performed\nand survival of the patient for 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n


A significant YOY Increase In CPR rates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We spotted a\nnoteworthy increase in CPR rates year over year, which can be linked to the\nhigher rates of hands-only CPR,” said Gabriel Riva, M.D., Ph.D. Student at\nStockholm-based Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Gabriel, who is also the author\nof the study, said Bystanders have a critical role in saving lives at the risk\nof out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. “Their actions be lifesaving.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“CPR, in essence,\nis simply a form of chest compressions. Compressing the chest alone doubles a\nvictim’s survival chances compared to doing nothing,” said Gabriel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Riva,\nthough the Swedish guidelines promote CPR that focuses on rescue breathing, it\nis not clear whether this technique beats Hands-Only CPR done by bystanders.\nThere’s an ongoing random test in Sweden trying to answer this question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Getting to the\nbottom of this is important because bystander-performed CPR before the arrival\nof emergency service is a critical determinant for survival in the event of an\nout-of-hospital attack. That explains why there’s a need to increase CPR rates by\ntraining more bystanders<\/a>;\nit could lead to more survival,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States,\nover 325,000 cardiac attacks occur out-of-hospital every year, according to\nstats by the American Heart Association. The department defines cardiac arrest\nas the sudden loss of heart function; it comes abruptly and may become fatal if\nprecautionary steps are not taken immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hands only CPR statistics: The Study Scope and Research Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study by the\nSwedish concentrated on bystander observed out-of-hospital cardiac attack\ninvolving 30,445 victims. Among them, 40 percent were not attended to by a\nbystander CPR while 39 percent were issued standard CPR.  20 percent of the patients received\nhands-only CPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experts scrutinized\nthree periods (2000 -2005), (2006-2010) and (2011-2017) — when the\ncompression-only method of CPR was in practice within the Swedish CPR\nguidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the findings of\nthe study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n