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How to perform consistent chest compression

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed on someone that is either unconscious, not breathing or not breathing normally such as a cardiac arrest. 

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation can save lives in case of an emergency and while waiting for paramedic or medical support. 

It is essential to know how to perform a consistent chest compression Incase of an emergency. Not to worry, it is easier to perform compared to the traditional method.

Here are step-by-step ways to perform chest compression;

1. Place the person on the their back on a hard surface.
2. Confirm for responsiveness by shaking and shouting at the person, or by rubbing the chest bone hard with your knuckles. While doing these, the person's clothing is not removed. 
3. You can tell someone to call an emergency line or you do that yourself, and begin chest compressions. 
4. Aim at the centre of the chest or sternum. Place the heel of one hand on the center of the chest, then place the heel of the other hand on top of the intial hand; and you lock your elbows. The reason for locking is that no one is strong enough for a 100 compression per minutes. 
5. Put your shoulders immediately over the centre of the chest and you fall compressing it about 2 inches. Note that your hands should be lifted from the chest after each compression because, the recoil of the chest that causes a little vaccine in the chest, cause air to go in, and blood to come back.

It's essential that you pump on the chest fast at a rate of 100 Bpm/minutes. A 100 beat per minute gives a good chance of flow.

Note: Do not do these for consistent chest compression CPR;

• Check for pulse
• Clear the airway
• Do mouth-to-mouth breathing. 

*Simply pump on the chest. Pressing squeeze the heart, and makes it beat. When you stop at interval, blood flows back to the brain.

If there is someone around to help you, ask the person to stay at the opposite side across the patient and jointly compress the chest. 

Performing consistent chest compression increases a person's chance of survival, according to research, every minutes you delay CPR, survival chance drops by 10 percent

Consistent/constant chest compression should not be performed in infants, children, and drowning victims. However, you can perform the traditional CPR (chest compression along with mouth to mouth ventilation) on these individuals.