CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is among the most common and basic forms of emergency procedure. It should be used on people who have lost consciousness, aren't breathing and have no pulse.

CPR Background

CPR is one of the best known and most recommended forms of emergency treatment for those who have lost consciousness due to heart attack, stroke, drowning, or any other incidents that may force someone to lose consciousness.  CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and is directly mainly at try to manually maintain lung and heart function as a way of staving off death.

CPR Certification

Medical and emergency personnel are often required to undergo training in CPR, and receive CPR certification, as well as CPR recertification, that emphasizes that they have received the correct training. 

CPR Training

CPR training is crucial to learning how to perform CPR correctly, and certainly for being able to do so in an official capacity.  This is because there are specific CPR rules and CPR guidelines that need to be employed to ensure that no further harm is done to the patient. 

The American Heart Association and CPR

The American Heart Association and CPR have had a long and constructive relationship.  The AHA has become one of the leading authorities and beneficiaries in regard to CPR training and education, and the American Heart Association CPR certification has become one of the most prestigious forms of certification in the medical field. 

CPR Classes

CPR classes are generally very easy to find in one's local community.  Many hospitals and schools often offer a CPR class, sometimes for a nominal fee, by trained and accredited instructors who teach others in the interest of promoting healthy responses to emergency situations. 

The Red Cross and CPR

The American Red Cross CPR program has become one of the leading authorities in CPR in the country, and the Red Cross CPR certification may be the most prestigious form of CPR accreditation to emergency responders and emergency response instructors.

CPR Courses

Adult CPR courses are generally pretty uniform in their practice and function, often utilizing demonstration and student participation as well as using props such as CPR masks and CPR manikins. 

CPR Video

CPR videos and CPR pictures have come to play a great and growing role in the dissemination of CPR training do to their prominent applicability in online CPR instruction and certification.

CPR for Drowning

CPR for drowning often requires fundamentally different CPR procedures than those required by normal CPR, due often to having to account for the presence of water in the lungs, which can hinder the effectiveness of artificial respiration.

Baby CPR

Infant CPR, understandably, requires a more delicate touch than regular CPR, due to an infant's size and body development.  Therefore, in baby CPR, almost everything has to be performed in the gentlest manner possible, so as to avoid causing unnecessary trauma for the infant.