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RESUSCITATION – INTRODUCTION
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It is important for everyone to know how to do artificial respiration.
The easiest and most effective is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation — or the “Kiss-of-Life.” This is simple to learn — and simple to forget. So you will need to refresh your knowledge from time to time.
Cardiac massage is harder to learn. You may do harm if you try this when a person’s heart has not stopped. But if it has, then that person will die unless CPR, a combination of external massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is begun at once.
The brain cells are very sensitive to lack of oxygen. If breathing stops, then oxygen is not taken in and various organs of the body will suffer from the lack of oxygen. The heart itself may also stop.
If the brain cells are deprived of oxygen for longer than 3-4 minutes, irreversible damage may occur. However, this should not be considered a reason for not trying artificial respiration or heart massage. It is possible that breathing may stop but the heart may continue beating for some time, pushing around an ever diminishing amount of oxygen in the blood, but still supplying the brain with enough oxygen so that permanent damage has not occurred.
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