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Basic Life Support 2023 Guidelines
CPR: For Adults
CABD (Circulation,
Airway, Breathing, Defibrillate)
There is a common
acronym in BLS used to guide providers in the appropriate steps to assess and treat
patients in respiratory and cardiac distress. This is CAB-D (Circulation,
Airway, Breathing, Defibrillate).
1.
Circulation:
Check
the patient for a carotid pulse for 5-10 seconds. (Do not check for more than
10 seconds.)
If the patient doesn’t have a pulse:
Begin
5 cycles of CPR (lasts approximately 2 minutes).
1
cycle of adult CPR is 30 chest compressions to 2 rescue breaths.
2.
Airway
Provide 10 rescue breaths per minute (1
breath every 6 seconds).
Recheck pulse every 2 minutes.
3.
Breathing:
Each rescue breath should last
approximately 1 second.
During normal CPR without an
advanced airway:
Provide approximately 6-8 rescue
breaths per minute
During normal CPR with an advanced
airway:
Provide 10 rescue breaths per minute
(don’t pause chest compressions for breaths).
4.
Defibrillate:
Arrival of the AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
Normally Biphasic Shock Defibrillator is used at 150 J.