Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Topic: Medical-surgical
Chest compressions and rescue breaths that maintain circulation and breathing in cardiac arrest. Under the ERC 2025 adult basic life support guideline, compress the center of the chest 5–6 cm deep at 100–120 per minute, allow full recoil and keep pauses to a minimum; without an advanced airway, give 30 compressions to 2 breaths, and use a defibrillator as soon as possible. In hospital, call the code blue team.
- Also known as:
- CPR, Basic life support, BLS
- In Turkish:
- Kardiyopulmoner resüsitasyon
What does Cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is part of the Medical-surgical topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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