{"id":1010,"date":"2016-04-28T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2023-01-24T07:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:10:16","slug":"misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing\/","title":{"rendered":"Misconceptions About CPR You Need To Stop Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing\/#Belief_1_Only_old_or_sick_people_need_CPR\" >Belief #1: Only old or sick people need CPR.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing\/#Belief_2_CPR_for_adults_is_the_same_for_kids\" >Belief #2: CPR for adults is the same for kids.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing\/#Belief_3_You_need_to_do_mouth_to_mouth_resuscitation_all_the_time\" >Belief #3: You need to do mouth to mouth resuscitation all the time.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/online-cpr-blog\/misconceptions-about-cpr-you-need-to-stop-believing\/#Belief_4_CPR_always_always_works\" >Belief #4: CPR always, always works.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Knowing how to do CPR isn\u2019t just a handy skill to have. In an emergency, it can make all the difference between life and death. However, a lot of people seem to suffer from a ton of misconceptions when it comes to CPR. Read on to know a few so you know which facts to believe in and which ones to dismiss:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Belief_1_Only_old_or_sick_people_need_CPR\"><\/span>Belief #1: Only old or sick people need CPR.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Reality:<\/b> Cardiac arrest can strike anyone. Whatever your race, gender or even age, you can suffer from cardiac arrest. One minute you\u2019re doing fine and the next, you\u2019re on the floor, struggling to breathe. Given the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s statistics\u2014that someone suffers through a heart attack in the U.S. every 43 seconds\u2014the numbers only mean that more people need to learn CPR in order to help. With U.S. News saying that about 70 percent of Americans don\u2019t know the first thing in administering life saving measures such as CPR, there\u2019s a lot of ground still left to cover.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Belief_2_CPR_for_adults_is_the_same_for_kids\"><\/span>Belief #2: CPR for adults is the same for kids.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Reality: <\/b>While the steps are basically the same, there are important nuances you\u2019ll need to consider. For instance, when you\u2019re doing chest compressions, you need to exert less pressure on kids especially on small children and infants. If you don\u2019t, you could cause internal damage, which is the last thing you want to happen.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Belief_3_You_need_to_do_mouth_to_mouth_resuscitation_all_the_time\"><\/span>Belief #3: You need to do mouth to mouth resuscitation all the time.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Reality: <\/b>Not really. You can only carry out rescue breaths when the victim\u2019s passage way is blocked with a barrier device. Without one, you\u2019ll have to rely on CPR to get the job done. For many adults, CPR done with only chest compressions are an ideal life saving measure.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Belief_4_CPR_always_always_works\"><\/span>Belief #4: CPR always, always works.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Reality:<\/b> It doesn\u2019t. While it helps keep the blood pumping through the body, it can\u2019t stop cardiac arrest in its tracks. However, cardiac arrests that happen out of a hospital environment only have a survival rate of 10 percent. CPR improves those odds, improving them by up to 30 percent, so long as there\u2019s a defibrillator around to follow it up with electric shocks.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>So lose the misconceptions. Read up on facts. And do what you can to help. If you already know CPR, but have long since forgotten the basics, it\u2019s easy enough to get a refresher course or, in this instance, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecpr.com\/cpr-recertification-online\">CPR recertification class<\/a>. 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