IBE-W - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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CPR: The Gift<br />
Of Life<br />
The illjormariol1 011 CPR fJrOCl'dllres<br />
cOIl/aim.'d ill IlJis an;ch' does /101 take<br />
III" place <strong>of</strong> PR I/'aillillg. Please COli·<br />
lOCI your local Red Cross, American<br />
Heart A.Hodar;on, or National Sa/ely<br />
Cou l/cil C IlOp/efS for in/OtnWI iOI/ ('O llcerning<br />
how ),ou can learn (his life<br />
.'wvillg pr('J(w}ur{'. In addition. the<br />
National Safety oi/lid' <strong>of</strong>fers First<br />
Aid and CPR ,raim'''B courses wMch<br />
meet all slaudards and f!llideUnes sel<br />
jor CPR lind emergency arliillcCare.<br />
CPR (cardinl)lllmon:uy resuscitatiun)<br />
i~ an cmcrgcm:y life: sustain ing<br />
procedure whi h. when properly per·<br />
fom1ed. cOlnbines IWO vital functions. It<br />
keeps the lungs supplied wit h oxygen<br />
when brculhing ha!'! !twppcd and it also<br />
keep) Ihe blood ci rcu lati ng and carrying<br />
oxygen 10 the b r~in . hcan :.tnc! other parts<br />
<strong>of</strong> thc body. This b done by us ing a<br />
combination <strong>of</strong> resclie breathing und chest<br />
comprcssionl).<br />
Hean dis.cas.e is tl,,-. leading cause or<br />
death for adul tsovcrthcugc 01'45 . During<br />
1992, nearly a million and a half people in<br />
the United Slates \\'111 have a heart attack.<br />
One th ird <strong>of</strong>thesc people wi ll die . Most <strong>of</strong><br />
'he 1.500 people who die every day <strong>of</strong>.<br />
hean allack. die before they ge, '0 the<br />
hospi"l !. Dealh occurs most <strong>of</strong>ten during<br />
the nrst two hour:-.. beginning with the<br />
onse t <strong>of</strong> hea" al1ack symptoms.<br />
For mu ny people who experience cardiac<br />
arrest l)f a res piratory emergency.<br />
promp' ond proper appl ication <strong>of</strong> CPR<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers the only chance <strong>of</strong> survival. C lrdiuc<br />
illTC:-,t Ul.:curs WIICIl lhl.: hc,lI 1 i~ nol<br />
working properly or whL'n Ihe heart stops<br />
beating. Drowning, electrocu tion, suffociltion<br />
1<br />
unci drug intox ic:.Hion are some<br />
respi ratory cme rgcncie~ that makes it<br />
impo.",sible for n person LO brcalhe. The<br />
chan(.·e~ <strong>of</strong> .. urvival increase by more than<br />
40 percenl when PR is coup led wi lh an<br />
effi cient medical services system and advanced<br />
liIe" "ppon capability .<br />
Issues and 'rends<br />
C PR has b!:c n in exi~tcnce fo r<br />
more than 30 YC:lrs. During lhe 1960'f:.<br />
SAFETY AND<br />
HEALTH TIPS<br />
Drs. afar. K o uwcnhovcn . Jude.<br />
Knickerbocker, Gordon. :lI1d EI:un wrotc<br />
papers which presented CPR a:-. an effective<br />
elernenl 01 ;I general plan for Ihe<br />
trC:lIll1cnt or ciJrdiae
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