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Location of Compressions
When positioning the hands for ECC (External Cardiac Compressions) visually identify the centre of the chest and place both hands (one on top of the other) over the centre of the casualty’s chest with your palm running down the centre of the chest top to bottom.
Avoid compression beyond the lower limit of the sternum. Compression applied too high is ineffective and if applied too low may cause regurgitation and/or damage to internal organs.
Either interlace
your fingers or
support your wrist,
with fingers raised
off the chest and
push directly down
through the palm
of your bottom
hand compressing
the chest down
approximately 1/3
of the depth of the
casualty’s entire
chest (the distance from the ground to the upper level of the chest).
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CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION
