❤️ CPR & AED Side Quest

When someone's heart suddenly stops, every minute without CPR lowers their chance of surviving. Hands-Only CPR is two steps: call 911 and push hard and fast in the center of the chest. Learn it here, practice the beat, and walk through an AED.

🤝 This gets you ready for hands-on practice in class (Chapter 27). It doesn't replace it: you'll practice compressions and the AED steps in person, and Mr. Dopp checks it off.

1 · Check & call ✓ Done

Someone collapses and won't wake up. Before you touch them:

⚠️Is it safe?Look for traffic, fire, water or wires. Don't become a second patient.

👋Tap & shoutTap their shoulders: "Are you OK?" No response and not breathing, or only gasping? Start.

📱Call 911 on speakerPut the phone next to you on speaker so you can push while the dispatcher coaches you.

🏃Send for the AEDPoint at one person: "You! Get the AED and come back." If you're alone, call and start pushing.

Then push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help takes over.

2 · Where do your hands go? ✓ Done

Tap the chest where you'd put the heel of your hand. Stack your other hand on top and lock your elbows.

No touch screen? Pick a spot:

3 · Push to the beat ✓ Done

Tap the button (or press Space) once for every compression. Aim for 100–120 a minute. Get 30 in a row in the green zone.

Same tempo as "Stayin' Alive".

compressions per minute

Start tapping

In the green: 0 / 30 · Total: 0

Push hard: at least 2 inches (5 cm) deep on a teen or adult.
Let it come back up: let the chest rise all the way between pushes (full recoil). Don't lean on it.
Don't stop: keep pauses short. Switch with another person about every 2 minutes if you can.

4 · Use the AED ✓ Done

An AED (automated external defibrillator) talks you through every step. First, drag the two pads onto the bare chest where they belong. The pictures on real pads show you too.

No mouse? Put the next pad on:

AED is off. Press POWER to start.

5 · Watch it, then practice for real

See real people do Hands-Only CPR in about a minute on the American Heart Association's site. In class you'll build a practice trainer and do it hands-on.

▶ AHA Hands-Only CPR video ↗

The video opens the American Heart Association's website, an outside site not run by Dopps Class.

Class practice kit (printables)

🛠️Build a CPR trainerTowel or bottle "chest" with a 2-inch depth marker. 1 page. 🟨Paper AED trainerCut-out AED, pads and the voice prompts for partner practice. 1 page. 📋Teacher check-off sheetSkills record for in-class practice. Blank lines only. 1 page.

6 · Quick check ✓ Passed

Get all 5 right to finish the side quest. You can try as many times as you need.

Sources: American Heart Association, Hands-Only CPR and the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (rate 100–120/min; depth at least 2 in / 5 cm for teens and adults; full chest recoil; AED as soon as one arrives). Hands-Only CPR is for teens and adults who suddenly collapse.

Optional side quest. Pass the quick check to mark it complete on your Checklist. Signed in on the Quest page? Your progress follows you to any device; otherwise it stays on this one. The in-class hands-on practice is checked off separately by Mr. Dopp.