What is CPR?
CPR is a combination of rescue breaths and chest compressions..
What can I do as an instructor to make my classe more fun?
I have been teaching CPR classes for about 2 years now. I am looking for new and refreshing ways to add humor and stories into my class to encourage more feedback from the students. Any ideas?
[edit] Place in film and television
[edit] Portrayed effectiveness
CPR is often severely misrepresented in movies and television as being highly effective in resuscitating a person who is not breathing and has no circulation. A 1996 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that CPR success rates in television shows was 75% for immediate circulation, and 67% survival to discharge.[71][72] This gives members of the public an unrealistic expectation of a successful outcome.[71] When educated on the actual survival rates, the proportion of patients over 60 years of age desiring CPR should they suffer a cardiac arrest drops from 41% to 22%.[73]
[edit] Stage CPR
Chest compressions are capable of causing significant local trauma. Performing CPR on a healthy person may or may not disrupt normal heart rhythm, but regardless the technique should not be performed on a healthy person because of the risk of trauma.
The portrayal of CPR technique on television and film often is purposely incorrect. Actors simulating the performance of CPR may bend their elbows while appearing to compress, to prevent force from reaching the chest of the actor portraying the victim. Other techniques, such as substituting a mannequin torso for the "victim" in some shots, may also be used to avoid harming actors.
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