CPR in ASL

You can't make someone more dead from CPR.

Resuscitation Council (UK) Effective CPR more than doubles the chance of someone surviving a cardiac arrest.

From the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. Video is in ASL and English. It's 71MB large and might take a little bit to load. If you have trouble, it's also available on youtube.

How to do Hands-only CPR

When somebody collapses in front of you, what do you do?

  1. Check the person over. If they are not responsive and not breathing(and not choking), then their heart has stopped working and they are having a cardiac arrest.
  2. Now, call 911. Then you do CPR.
  3. If others are around, have them try to find an AED nearby and use it.
  4. Lock your fingers together, knuckles up. Then push down, right on the sovereign. Push down five or six centimetres. That’s about two inches. Push hard and fast about two times a second, like to the beat of Stayin’ Alive. Don’t worry about hurting someone. A cracked rib can be mended – just concentrate on saving a life.
  5. Keep this up until the ambulance arrives.

So don’t forget. Check them over. Call 911. Push hard and fast to a fast song (spotify playlist). It works.

In many countries, including the USA, there is a Good Samaritan Law that generally prevents you from lawsuits for doing your best to help someone.