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.
Perform 30 compressions at a rate of between 100-120 per minute and a depth of 2-2.4 inches in the center of the chest. Once five cycles of CPR are done, or after about 2 minutes, the rescuers should switch places so that the person doing compressions is now doing rescue breaths, and vice versa.