What can be done to help someone that has a stopped heart other than CPR and calling 911?

Answer 1

To summarize what others have said and to make a couple of corrections...

Call 911 first. Okay, there IS an exception to that rule. If you're dealing with a child in cardiac/respiratory arrest, perform one minute of CPR first, then call 911.

Begin CPR ASAP. Check with your local fire department to see if they offer classes in CPR. On a side note, the ratio of compressions is not 5:1...it was 15:2, but has now been changed again and the current American Heart Association standards say you should perform 30 compressions to 2 breaths.

If you have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) use it according to the instructions.

I assume you are asking about skills a layperson could perform, not advanced skills that would be performed by a paramedic or ER staff, so I won't go into the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) skills.

Answer 2

Why not CPR and 911. There are courses all over for little or no cost. Other than CPR and 911, there is nothing that can effectively be done.

Comment on above - a defib unit is no good without CPR and 911.

Answer 3

The steps in the Cardiac Chain of Survival are:

1. Early detection and call 911

2. Early CPR

3. Early defribrillation (using an AED- this is a step you can do if one is available)

4. Early advanced care (given by the paramedics and hospital)

If the heart attack is just starting, early detection and call is key. beyond that, as long as they are conscious, asprain or their own heart meds can help.

Besides, while you are doing CPR, you are too busy to do anything else!

Answer 4

You could use a defibulator. They have many portable ones in a lot of places. Some stores will carry them in case of a heart attack. Other than that, you would just watch that person die. They kinda need CPR or the defibulator to keep them alive.

Answer 5

unless you have an automated defibrillator, all you can do is provide 5 compressions to 1 breath or 15 to 2 but always make sure patient is pulsless, before compressions . always continue cpr until help arrives

Answer 6

Try a hard kick to chest. You might break the sternum, but also you might start the heart again. Same principle for a seizure. A swift kick in the forehead can stop a siezure in its tracks.

Answer 7

If a mecical supply is available drugs such as adrenaline can bee given, and striking the chest hard when the arrest first happens and use of an electic defibrillator is available.

Answer 8

They not sell these neat little home electric shock paddles that will revive a heart. I plan on getting one.

Answer 9

Use a Defibrillator, works the best!

Answer 10

Call the county morgue.