High pressures and a damaged optic nerve may not result in any vision loss, and for these patients, the doctor determines that the glaucoma is in the early stage. The doctor will usually try to lower the eye pressure with glaucoma drops.
tric distention, which occurs in approximately 17% of resuscitation cases, and. reduce the risk of vomiting and aspiration.3 Rescue breathing, in the presence of. a pulse, is administered at a rate of 10 to 12 breaths per minute for adults and 12. â 20 breaths per minute for infants and children (Table 1). The heart rate should. be reassessed every 2 minutes during this maneuver.
Now you've got a good feel for how fast those compressions need to go. CPR is performed in what we call, cycles. One cycle of CPR includes 30 compressions, just like you've already practices, followed by two rescue breaths. Each breath should last about one second. Watch for the chest to rise with each breath. The cycle is then repeated: 30 compressions and two breaths; 30 compressions and two breaths. It is important to change from compressions to breaths and back to compressions as quick as possible.