Hands-Only CPR for People Who Might Not Remember or Know How to do CPR (408 hits)
Hands-only CPR helps encourage lay rescuers to get involved who may not otherwise help. Rescuers deliver at least 2 inch deep compressions at a rate of at least 100 compressions per minute without the need to deliver rescue breaths in between. Hands-only CPR eliminates the fear of transmitting disease by removing the mouth-to-mouth component of CPR.