Medical · 15 minutes to read, 4 hours to train · Basic
CPR: Hands-Only and With Breaths
What the Red Cross teaches for an adult who collapses and is not breathing normally, and why fast, hard compressions matter most.
This is for educational purposes only. Not professional medical, electrical, or safety advice.
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General education only, not medical advice. Call emergency services whenever they can be reached, and get hands-on training from the Red Cross or American Heart Association. In a long outage, CPR alone rarely saves someone without advanced care — it buys time, which is why reaching help still matters.
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