Learning outcomes for CPR

On completion of CPR training, the candidate should be able to demonstrate resuscitation of an adult in cardiac arrest. This should be assessed during or at the end of the training, using a simulated incident and a resuscitation training manikin.

Adult CPR consists of the following steps, which should be performed sequentially:

1 Check for risks to the victim, any bystanders, and yourself

2 Assess the victim to be unresponsive

3 Shout for help

4 Open the airway

5 Establish absence of normal breathing

6 Alert the ambulance service

7 Perform chest compression

8 Give rescue breaths (ventilation)

9 Maintain CPR with the correct ratio of chest compressions
to rescue breaths

Please also refer to the Skills assessment for CPR

© Resuscitation Council (UK) 2007

This page last updated: 9 November 2007