CPR is voluntary work and can help save lives in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
As per statistics, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases. About 90% of SCAs are “out of hospital” and occur at home, with less than 8% of the patients surviving them. There is a need to raise awareness on the fact that about 50% of these deaths due to SCA can be prevented if a bystander performs CPR immediately.

Evidence indicates that survival after SCA is higher among those who have bystander CPR when compared with those who initially receive CPR from EMS personnel. For adults with sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only bystander CPR (without rescue breathing) has equal or possibly greater efficacy compared with standard bystander CPR (compressions + rescue breathing).

Speaking about this, Padma Shri Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President, HCFI and CMAAO, said, “There is enough evidence to suggest that CPR is effective in the first 10 minutes of cardiac arrest with maximum chances of reversibility if done in the first 10 minutes. The administration of CPR by a layperson bystander (bystander CPR or bystander-initiated CPR) is important in determining patient outcome after out-of-hospital SCA. A first-responder CPR may help revive the person until medical help arrives or a defibrillator is available. To train people in this life saving technique, HCFI has created the hands-only CPR 10 mantra, which is extremely simple to remember. It does not require mouth-to-mouth breathing unless the victim has died due to drowning or is a small child.”

Adding further, Dr Aggarwal, said, “The CPR 10 mantra is as follows: within 10 minutes of death (earlier the better), for a minimum of 10 minutes (the longer the better), compress the centre of the chest of the deceased person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10×10 = at least 100 per minute. Chest compressions should be stopped only when the person starts breathing or medical help arrives with automated external defibrillator (AED) machine.”

In numerological terms, CPR equates to number 10. In English alphabets, ‘C’ comes at number ‘3’, ‘P’ comes at number ‘16’ and ‘R’ comes at number ‘18’. Adding the three, that is, C=3, P=16, R=18 (3 + 16 + 18 = 37) and, further the two digits in ‘3 + 7’, the total comes to ‘10’. So, ‘CPR 10’ should be an effective way to remember.

A detailed CME on this topic can be accessed at https://www.medtalks.in/CME/recommended-strategies-for-prevention-of-avoidable-cardiac-arrests-and-inappropriate-cpr-attempts5

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