Why Is CPR Important?

Your breathing and heartbeat can stop for a number of reasons, from heart attack to blood infections to accidents. However, death does not have to be the outcome. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as CPR, was developed to help increase your chances of survival.

Definition

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is a procedure in which you basically try to restart someone’s breathing or heart by manually compressing the person’s chest and pushing air into the lungs by breathing into the person’s mouth.

The breathing portion of the procedure is known as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, rescue breathing or ventilation.