CPR Many lives each year are saved because someone in the area of an accident was trained in CPR and was able to keep an injured victim alive long enough for the paramedics to get to the scene. CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a technique of maintaining blood and oxygen flow through the body of a person whose heart and breathing have stopped. If breathing has stopped, death occurs in over 50 percent of people. Almost …showed first 75 words of 538 total…

…showed last 75 words of 538 total…children and infants you must be more gentile with compressions and use five compressions to one breath. After each cycle, you check for pulse and breathing. If they have not started back up you go through another cycle. CPR is very important and can save a life if done properly, but if done improperly it could make the situation worse. So only perform CPR if you have taken a class and are certified in it.