If you encounter an adult who has passed out ... Now people who do not know CPR are advised to do “hands-only” CPR, meaning they do only chest compressions and do not worry about the ...
There is another component to CPR, rescue breaths. You've probably seen this in the movies. You don't need to do them. Research shows that with adults, hands-only CPR is almost as effective as CPR ...
Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in the U.S. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander.