What’s on the CPR — Adult poster
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.
Chest compressions circulate blood when the heart has stopped. A memory aid for people who have been trained — it does not replace a course.
- Call emergency services and ask for a defibrillator first.
- Rate: 100–120 compressions per minute.
- Depth: 5–6 cm on an adult chest.
- Allow full recoil between compressions.
- 30 compressions to 2 rescue breaths if trained and willing.
- Compression-only CPR is far better than none at all.
- Rate — 100–120/min
- Depth — 5–6 cm
- Ratio — 30:2
- The rate matches the beat of many well-known songs at around 110 bpm.
Educational reference only. Take a course; a defibrillator plus early CPR is what changes survival.
Questions about the CPR — Adult poster
- What’s on the CPR — Adult poster?
- A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Chest compressions circulate blood when the heart has stopped. A memory aid for people who have been trained — it does not replace a course. Call emergency services and ask for a defibrillator first.; Rate: 100–120 compressions per minute.; Depth: 5–6 cm on an adult chest.; Allow full recoil between compressions.; 30 compressions to 2 rescue breaths if trained and willing.; Compression-only CPR is far better than none at all.; Rate — 100–120/min; Depth — 5–6 cm; Ratio — 30:2; The rate matches the beat of many well-known songs at around 110 bpm.. Educational reference only. Take a course; a defibrillator plus early CPR is what changes survival.
- Who is the CPR — Adult poster for?
- CPR — Adult belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning first aid can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the CPR — Adult poster?
- Push hard, push fast, minimise interruptions. Depth and rate are what matter most. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so CPR — Adult belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with CPR — Adult?
- Anaphylaxis, Bleeding & Burns and Burn Depth sit alongside CPR — Adult in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AnaphylaxisBleeding & BurnsBurn Depth
- Is the CPR — Adult poster free to download and print?
- Yes. CPR — Adult downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the CPR — Adult poster print at?
- CPR — Adult is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of CPR — Adult loses nothing.Printing guide
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