Performing CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) can save a life during cardiac arrest. Here's a clear step-by-step guide based on expert sources and supported by helpful videos:

🧠 What CPR Does

CPR keeps oxygen-rich blood flowing to the brain and vital organs when the heart stops. It involves chest compressions and sometimes rescue breaths.

🧍‍♂️ Step-by-Step CPR for Adults

1. 📞 Check and Call for Help

- Ensure the scene is safe.

- Tap the person and shout: “Are you OK?”

- If no response, call emergency services immediately.

- Ask someone to find an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) if available.

Watch: How to perform CPR - A Step-by-Step Guide explains how to assess the situation and call for help.

2. 🫁 Open the Airway

- Lay the person on their back.

- Tilt the head back slightly using the head-tilt/chin-lift method.

- Check for breathing for no more than 10 seconds.

Watch: How to Perform CPR on Adults & Infants | In Case of ... shows how to open the airway and check breathing.

3. ❤️ Start Chest Compressions

- Place hands in the center of the chest.

- Push hard and fast: 100–120 compressions per minute, at least 2 inches deep.

- Let the chest fully recoil between compressions.

Watch: How to Perform Chest Compressions | CPR Technique ... demonstrates proper hand placement and compression depth.

4. 🌬️ Give Rescue Breaths (if trained)

- After 30 compressions, give 2 breaths:

  - Pinch the nose shut.

  - Seal your mouth over theirs.

  - Blow for 1 second, watching for chest rise.

Watch: How To Perform CPR covers both compressions and rescue breaths.

5. 🔁 Repeat Until Help Arrives

- Continue cycles of 30 compressions and 2 breaths.

- Use an AED as soon as it’s available.

- Minimize interruptions to compressions.

Watch: How to do CPR on an Adult (Ages 12 and Older) walks through the full CPR cycle.

👐 Hands-Only CPR (If You’re Not Trained)

- Skip rescue breaths.

- Just do chest compressions: 100–120 per minute, continuously.

Watch: How to Perform Hands-Only CPR shows how to do CPR without rescue breaths.