WHAT IS CPR?
Introduction
CPR is a life-saving technique that everyone should know how to perform. One never knows when one will be in a situation where a life may be saved using the proper skills and techniques. With that in mind, this assignment will help familiarize yourself with the procedures needed to save a life.
Guiding Questions
What does CPR stand for? What is the purpose of CPR? How can CPR skills save a life?
Questions
1. What is the difference
between Rescue Breathing and CPR?
2. What are the first steps
given in Rescue Breathing?
3. What are the first steps
given in CPR?
4. How do you determine
whether or not a person needs CPR?
5. How often do you give
breaths in CPR?
6. What is the ratio of
breaths to chest compressions in administering CPR?
7. Why do you not give
chest compressions to someone who has a pulse?
8. How are the methods used in
CPR different when giving CPR to a small child?
9. What do you do if a
person's heart starts beating but the person still cannot breathe?
10. What do you do after
someone regains breathing on his or her own?
Internet Resources
Rescue Breathing
LEARN CPR - CPR information and
training resources
Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation
Rescue breathing and CPR for
children and adults
Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation
How to do
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Basics of CPR and
Life Support
American
Heart Association - CPR
Health Central -
General Encyclopedia - CPR
Bay Area Chapter of the American Red
Cross
Courses Offered by
the American Red Cross
Heart Attack Risk Factors
Heart
Attacks and Heart Diseases
Marc Christensen, Teacher, and Derek Chiu, AP student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.