How long can someone sustain giving adequate CPR?

As I tell my students when teaching a CPR class, CPR is a good upper body aerobic workout. You are compressing down with over 100 pounds of force, how long you can maintain this is dependent on your physical condition. I would probably be less than 10 minutes even in ideal circumstances. read more

A person in good physical condition can perform CPR for maybe 10 minutes. Even though they can do the compressions that long, American Heart Assn. has found that the effectiveness of those compressions starts to fall off after only a few minutes. read more

Great post. I teach a lot of CPR classes, and people always ask me how long they should do CPR. I give them a few criteria of when they can stop, but this sets a goal they should reach for. read more