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.
4. Repeat the cycle of 30 chest compressions. If you're also doing rescue breaths, keep doing a cycle of 30 chest compressions, and then 2 rescue breaths; repeat the 30 compressions and 2 more breaths. 1  You should do CPR for 2 minutes (5 cycles of compressions to breaths) before spend time checking for signs of life. â¢ 111 in New Zealand. 2  Give the dispatcher your location, and notify him or her that you're going to perform CPR. 3  If you're alone, get off the phone and start compressions after that. 4  If you have someone else with you, have him or her stay on the line while you do CPR on the victim.