Hands-Only CPR is The American Heart Association's effort improve upon on challenges with bystander CPR. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the first killer of adults in the United States. Nearly 400,000 adults die each year from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). SCA kills more women than any other cause of death for females in the US. …show more content…
Often, too much time is spent on giving breaths, and not enough quality goes into the compressions.
In the first few minutes after SCA, breath's are less necessary.
Many trained responders won't help or won't be trained to help out of fear of "mouth to mouth" resuscitation.
Hands-Only CPR can make a difference. Leaving "mouth to mouth" out of the mix, many more bystanders will make the decision to help, nearly doubling the victim's chances of survival. Without struggling to give breaths, compressions can move more blood to the oxygen starved brain and heart with fewer interruptions that, in the first few minutes are unnecessary.
Hands-Only CPR, or CPR without the breaths, also give certified providers an "opt-out" of the breaths if they don't feel confident, or simply don't want to put their mouth on the patient's mouth.
With information on Hands-Only CPR, many more people who aren't CPR certified will make the decision to