how many cycles of CPR should you perform for an adult?

Answer 1

Under the new guidelines, Adult CPR is performed until:
- the victim shows obvious signs of life
- you are relieved by a better trained professional
- an AED becomes available
- the scene becomes unsafe
- you are too exhausted to continue

You do cycles of 30 compressions to 2 breaths in such a way that you should complete 5 cycles in 2 minutes... but you do not stop to check or recheck pulse or breathing under the new guidelines.

As for the earlier mentioned 'minute of care' rule- you CALL FIRST when you find a 911 emergency. On the rare occasion that a phone is not immediately available and your victim needs critical care, you CARE FIRST for 2 minutes to stabilize them and then make the call.

(American Red Cross instructor for over 7 years, and just taught a class today.)

Answer 2

You should keep performing until the paramedics/EMTs get there. That's exactly why you need to call emergency medical services, or have someone else call, before you start CPR. I don't think that the ARC is endorsing the "give a minute" rule anymore, but if you're not near a phone and there's no one else around to help, that rule said that you should perform one minute of CPR before you went to call for help. But unless you're way outside of civilization, or even if you are, CALL FIRST! Any way you can. Your not going to do anyone any good by performing CPR on someone for 45 minutes, or however long it takes for you to collapse from exhaustion, when there are no trained medical personnel coming to take over.

Remember: Check, Call, Care. "Call" comes before "Care" for a reason.

Answer 3

If you're able to perform CPR it can be a great asset to someone in need, however you should never jeopordize your own health. Continue CPR until paramedics arrive, you can rotate with another person, you're too physically tired to continue, or in the best case scenario, the victim is revived.

Answer 4

I have seen surprising recovery after 45 minutes. We do not measure in number of cycles.

Answer 5

Alternating 2 breaths and 30 chest compressions, until help comes. The link below should help and gives clear instructions.



http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/quickcpr.html