CPR - Video Lesson

Hey everybody, welcome to today's lesson on how to handle medical emergencies in patient care. This lesson focuses on cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR. Whether you are preparing for a healthcare career or continuing your professional education, understanding CPR is essential as cardiac emergencies can happen anywhere, even in diagnostic imaging situations. This life saving procedure can make the difference between survival and death in critical emergencies. Please note that this lesson is simply an overview of CPR and it is critical that you are in compliance with your facility's policies and procedures regarding CPR certification. CPR is an emergency life support procedure designed to preserve brain and heart function until advanced medical help can arrive. It combines chest compressions and rescue breaths to manually maintain blood circulation and oxygenation when a person's heart and breathing have stopped.