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Latest CPR updates by American Heart Asociation-2020

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  Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation is an emergency measure taken when someone encounters a sudden cardiac pulmonary arrest. This cardio pulmonary arrest can be in hospital and it is seen that out of the hospital cases have lead to maximum number of deaths in the United States. Knowledge of CPR can be life saving in most of the cardiac arrest cases. It involves actions like continuous chest compression and periodic artificial ventilation to ensure an uninterrupted supply of blood and oxygen to the vital organs of the person who has encountered a cardiac pulmonary arrest. The American Heart association (AHA) has recently updated their guidelines for Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation or CPR. The initial guidelines for emergency cardio vascular care and Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation were framed by one of the division of the National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council which was a dedicated CPR committee in 1969. There were numerous requests from different organization for standard