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This BLS and CPR quality change should help minimize the delay to chest compressions and encourage fast, flexible, and efficient assessment based responses. Health Care Providers (HCP) must call for nearby help upon finding a victim unresponsive, but it is practical for the HCP to continue to assess the breathing and pulse simultaneously before fully activating the emergency response system (or calling for backup). Chest compression fraction is a measurement of the proportion of total resuscitation time that compressions are performed. This percent of the time is known as the chest compression fraction time. The goal for the percent of the time for performing chest compressions is recommended for at least 60% during CPR. Minimizing interruptions:Įmphasis is also being placed on minimizing interruptions in chest compressions. Leaning on the chest creates a slight positive pressure which can have a detrimental effect on resuscitation outcomes.

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This will ensure that full chest wall recoil is achieved after each compression.įull chest wall recoil ensures that the negative pressure involved in the return of blood flow to the heart and myocardial circulation is present. Full Chest Wall Recoil:Īnother BLS and CPR quality change includes emphasizing to rescuers that they must avoid leaning on the chest between compressions.

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This change added an upper limit of 120 because compression rates greater than 120 per minute negatively affect outcomes for cardiac arrest. Compression Rate:ĭuring cardiac arrest lay rescuers and health care providers should perform chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute. This compression depth limit was implemented because there is evidence that complications may arise when compression depth exceeds this limit. In addition to this, the BLS and CPR quality changes for compression depth include avoiding excessive chest compressions.Ĭhest compression should not be deeper than 2.4 inches (6cm) allowing for complete chest recoil between each compression. The recommended depth of chest compressions will remain at, at least 2 inches (5 cm). These BLS and CPR quality changes are reviewed below.

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As a result, there have been changes to the BLS and CPR quality guidelines. High-quality CPR continues to be of primary importance in optimizing outcomes for cardiac arrest.

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