Hands Only CPR vs Mouth to Mouth

Many people who know about CPR, think of it as “mouth to mouth”.  Many of us learned CPR in school, or for a job when we were younger. But did you learn about hands only CPR vs mouth to mouth?

For many of us, the rescue breaths seemed like an integral part of reviving someone. However, medical professionals have found that when we look at hands only CPR vs mouth to mouth, the results don’t necessarily support rescue breaths. 

While there are multiple reasons to perform CPR, one of the most common is for SCA, or Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Cardiac arrest kills hundreds of thousands of people in the US every year. It is particularly scary because it happens without warning, and kills about 90% of the people who experience it outside of a hospital setting.