SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Sandy Springs-based American Heart Association updates the guidelines for CPR.
The guidelines now include how to handle choking in adults, children, and babies, and when to treat suspected opioid overdoses.
Joseph Carpenter, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory and Grady, says it’s no longer recommended that you just do the Heimlich maneuver.
The new guidance calls for five alternating back blows followed by five abdominal thrusts until the object is expelled.
The updates also include the first public guidance for when to use naloxone, a medication used to reverse or reduce opioid overdose.
These are the first changes in five years.
You can access the updated guidelines here.
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