@justincase.lessons: Episode 029: You're Doing CPR. A Rib Cracks. Why Keep Pushing? 🎧 Be honest: a stranger collapses, you start pushing, and you feel a rib crack under your hands. Would you freeze, or keep going? 👇 The kick drum you hear in the audio represents her pushes: when the beat stops, the blood stops. The low buzz represents his quivering heart. BRAIN BLOOD % and the ambulance clock are an illustration. 1️⃣ Pushes keep the blood moving, and "a damaged rib will mend" (Red Cross). 2️⃣ With no blood flow, permanent brain damage can start in as little as 4 minutes (MedlinePlus). 3️⃣ CPR usually can't restart a heart. It buys time for the shock (AHA). Won't wake up, and not breathing or only gasping? Call 911 on speaker. Push hard and fast, center of the chest, at least 2 inches. Not certified? Hands-only is fine (Cleveland Clinic). Stop only for a clear sign of life, an unsafe scene, an AED, exhaustion, or when help takes over (Red Cross). A crack isn't a sign you're doing it right. Rib fractures: about 55% of CPR patients, on autopsy or CT scans (Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2024). About 10.5% of US out-of-hospital cardiac arrests survive to leave the hospital (CARES 2025): not everyone makes it. Practice on a manikin, never on a friend. If You Like This Content, Please Follow Me!! #cpr #firstaid #emergency #pixelart #Science

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