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What should happen after each CPR chest compression?

Let the chest return to normal.

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  1. Keep leaning on the chest
  2. Move the person upright
  3. Let the chest return to normal ✔

Why: Release pressure fully after every push without lifting your hands away. Full recoil lets the heart refill before the next compression.

Huh, didn't know that: Locked elbows and shoulders over the hands help produce straight compressions.

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Answer: Let the chest return to normal. Release pressure fully after every push without lifting your hands away. Full recoil lets the heart refill before the next compression.

  1. CPR Steps www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr/performing-cpr/cpr-steps
    Allow chest to return to normal position after each compression
    Checked 2026-10-21.

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