Basic Steps of CPR Everyone Should Know
Do you know how to offer first aid if a person has an accident and stops breathing but there is no doctor available at hand? Applying CPR is usually helpful when emergencies such as a heart attack occurs. Read this CPR guide now so you know what to do if someone is experiencing a life-threatening (威胁生命的) emergency.
Step 1. Position your hands.
Make sure the patient is lying on his back on a firm surface. Kneel beside him and place your hand on the center of the chest. Keep your arms straight, cover the first hand with the other hand and interlock (紧扣) the fingers of both hands together. Keep your fingers raised so they do not touch the patient’s chest.
Step 2. ________.
Push the breastbone up and down to a depth of about 5 cm about 30 times, at a rate of 100 beats per minute.
Step 3. Give rescue breaths.
Make sure the airway is open, and pinch (捏) the nose so it closes. Gently raise the chin (下巴) upwards with two fingers of your other hand. Take a deep breath, put your mouth over the patient’s, and blow until you can see his chest, rise. Then remove your mouth from the patient’s and look along the chest, watching the chest fall. To get another breath, lift your head and breathe in deeply. Perform Step 3 again.
Step 4. Repeat chest compressions (按压) and rescue breaths.
Repeat the 30 chest compressions followed by the two breaths about five times, and then check for normal breathing. If that person is not breathing normally, continue performing CPR. If breathing restarts as normal, stay with the injured person until help arrives.
First aid is an important life skill that everyone should learn. The more people who learn CPR, the more lives can be saved in the future.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了CPR(心肺复苏)的一般步骤。
1. We should do CPR at once when someone ________.
A. suffers an accident and stops breathing
B. is hit by a car and can’t move
C. is suffering a serious headache
D. has a serious bleeding
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段中Do you know how to offer first aid if a person has an accident and stops breathing but there is no doctor available at hand? 一句可知文章开头提出了一个问题从而引出话题: 如果有人遭遇交通事故并且呼吸停止, 但是当场没有医生, 你知道该如何急救吗? 接下来介绍了CPR。可知当有人停止呼吸的时候可以使用CPR. 。
2. Which of the following should be put in Step 2?
A. Interlock the fingers B. Open the airway
C. Press the chest D. Start the breath
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据Push the breastbone up and down to a depth of about 5 cm about 30 times(上下推动胸骨幅度大约5厘米三十次左右)一句可知本段是关于CPR的第二步: 胸部按压。
3. The author writes this passage to ________.
A. describe the dangerous experience
B. encourage people to care for others
C. show the damage of a heart attack
D. explain the steps to apply CPR
【解析】选D。推理判断题。通览全文可知本文主要是介绍了CPR(心肺复苏)的一般步骤。选项D. explain the steps to apply CPR(解释实施CPR的步骤)符合题意。
