UK Resuscitation Council and Covid-19
Due to the current worldwide situation with regard to the Covid19 virus, it is strongly suggested that you access the following link to get the latest updates on how to carry out CPR at this time.
Resuscitation Council UK Statements on COVID-19 (Coronavirus), CPR and Resuscitation
Course Objectives
- How to assess the collapsed patient.
- How to perform chest compressions and rescue breathing.
- Use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
- How to place the unconscious but breathing patient in to the recovery position.
- Basic Oxygen (O2) Therapy
- Approximately 700,000 cardiac arrests per year in Europe (60,000 in the UK)
- Survival to hospital discharge presently approximately 5-10%
- Currently a number of studies underway to see how this figure can be improved
- Bystander CPR vital intervention before arrival of emergency services
- Early resuscitation and prompt defibrillation (within 1 -2 minutes) can result in >60% survival
