Coronavirus Covid-19

When doing CPR, there is always a risk of spreading an infection and of particular concern has been the coronavirus Covid-19.

The UK Resuscitation Council has published guidelines on resuscitation relating to Covid 19, which you can read in full on their website.

They state:
‘The risk associated with COVID-19 has decreased because the majority of the population have been immunised, and more effective treatments and less virulent strains of COVID-19 now predominate.  Widespread community testing programmes have stopped, making it less likely that members of the public will know if someone has COVID-19.’

As a result of this, there are no extra precautions members of the public need to take when performing CPR, should they choose to do so.

If you are a healthcare worker, your employer will have guidelines on use of PPE, which you should follow.