First Aid: Nellie The Elephant Cpr

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When giving someone CPR, you pump the chest 30 times and then give 2 rescue breaths. You need to give between 90 and 100 pumps or compressions of the chest per minute, but how can you tell if you’re reaching that target?
One way to do it is to pump the chest in time with the rhythm of a song. For example, think of the tune Nellie the Elephant. While giving chest compressions, run through the song in your head. This will guarantee that you keep the correct rate and rhythm and will give you the confidence to know you’re doing things right.
Manchester First Aid Training also suggests- simply run through the chorus of the song, which should give you exactly 30 compressions. Here are the words to the chorus, with syllables in bold showing pumps to the chest.
Nel-lie the El-ephant packed her trunk
And said goodbye to the cir–cus
Off she went with a trumpety-trump
Trump, trump, trump
Nel-lie the El-ephant packed her trunk
And trund-led back to the jun–gle
Off she went with a trumpety-trump
Trump, trump, trump
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... If you count the syllables in bold, you’ll find that there are exactly 30. Also remember not to get too involved in the song so you’re still able to put the correct amount of pressure on the chest. Better visit Manchester First Aid Training, now using following URL- http://manchesterfirstaidtraining.co.uk/