Nasm cpr intro - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): when a person performs chest com- pressions and breathing into patient who has no pulse or who is not breathing. 2. CPR acts like an artificial heart moving moving the blood rich in oxygen to the brain. 3. Patient's survival rate...: increases as they receive cpr, an automated external defibrillator (AED), and if emergency services arrive within 10 minutes. 4. In 1950s a medical study found that....: high number of Americans were dying prematurely fro...