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Speaker 1: what is c CC or continuous chess compressions and how
Speaker 1: does it compare to CPR. The technique known as CPR,
Speaker 1: or cardio pulmonary resuscitation, has saved thousands of lives since
Speaker 1: it was invented and promoted several decades ago. Millions of
Speaker 1: people have gone through training classes with the Red Cross
Speaker 1: and other organizations. But CPR is now getting a facelift
Speaker 1: and it no longer requires formal training. It's now called
Speaker 1: c c C or continuous chess compression, and you don't
Speaker 1: even need to do the mouth to mouth part anymore.
Speaker 1: You can find videos on YouTube that show you the technique,
Speaker 1: but here are the basic steps. Step one, you find
Speaker 1: a person who's collapsed, you should first call Step two
Speaker 1: roll the person onto his or her back. Step three,
Speaker 1: put the heel of one hand down on the chest
Speaker 1: between the person's nipples. Step four, put the heel of
Speaker 1: a second hand on top of the first and interlock
Speaker 1: your fingers. Step five line your shoulders up over your
Speaker 1: hands and lock your elbows, and then step six push
Speaker 1: down with the shoulders. That's the compression part of c
Speaker 1: c C. Step seven release with the hands coming off
Speaker 1: the chest. What you want is for the chest to
Speaker 1: rebound a little bit and provide some vacuum, so you're
Speaker 1: getting both compression and that vacuuming back up so that
Speaker 1: you get maximum circulation. And then step eight. Do this
Speaker 1: a hundred times a minute. That's a pretty good pace.
Speaker 1: It's about one and a half times every second. The
Speaker 1: only thing you do in c c C is pump
Speaker 1: on the chest until professional help arrives. You do it
Speaker 1: even if a person is gasping. That gasping happens in
Speaker 1: about half the people who collapse from a heart attack.
Speaker 1: This chest pumping moves enough oxygen to the brain because
Speaker 1: the oxygen is already in the body. Studies have shown
Speaker 1: that c c C is actually more effective than traditional CPR,
Speaker 1: even without the rescue breathing, possibly because it's much easier
Speaker 1: to remember and to administer, just start pumping. For more
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