CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a very important to know and comes in very handy when a life or death situation occurs. It should only ever be used on a Resusci Annie doll or on someone who seriously is in need of this emergency life saving skill. when using and applying this skill, you must be serious and act responsibly, as another persons life could be a risk.

Remember, before doing any kind of CPR, ensure you and the others surrounding you, including your patient, are safe and check to see if they have stopped breathing or are not responding to you. If not breathing or responding, then you must start the CPR emergency procedure. Firstly, either you or a friend must phone for help either in the form of 999, 112 or your local emergency services and ask for an ambulance.

Hands-Only CPR

If you have not been trained in CPR or are worried about giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a stranger, you can do chest compression-only (or hands-only) CPR.

To carry out a chest compression:

Place the heel of your hand on the breastbone at the centre of the person’s chest. Place your other hand on top of your first hand and interlock your fingers.
Position yourself with your shoulders above your hands.
Using your body weight (not just your arms), press straight down by 5–6cm (2 inches) on their chest.
Repeat this until an ambulance arrives.

Try to perform chest compressions at 100-120 chest compressions a minute.

When you call for an ambulance, telephone systems now exist that can give basic life-saving instructions, including advice on CPR. These are now common and are easily accessible with mobile phones.

Below is a video showing how to perform hands-only CPR presented by Vinnie Jones

There are other songs you can do CPR to, other than "Stayin' Alive" by the bee Gees, such as:

Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi)
Kickstart My Heart (Motley Crue)
Dancing Queen (Abba)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Diana Ross)
Thank God I’m a Country Boy (John Denver)
Man In The Mirror (Michael Jackson)

...and lastly "Another one Bites the Dust" by Queen is exactly 100 beats a minute, but you don't really want to be caught singing this to yourself while performing CPR.

Below there are other videos, which will give more advice, stories of how CPR saved peoples lives and lastly a CPR video for Adults only (Men Mainly). Also, here is a link for the CPR page on the NHS CPR Emergency Procedure - NHS giving greater advice on the do's and don'ts of CPR.