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To: Morgana
“This woman is not breathing enough.

How does this 911 operator know that she is not breathing enough??? Is she there??? She has a nurse on the other end of the phone. If she is breathing then she is breathing and that is enough until the oxygen arrives.

This 911 operator's insistence on CPR for a woman who was still breathing is a bit much. If she is breathing on her own you don't want to crack her ribs with CPR and complicate any recovery.

10 posted on 03/04/2013 2:49:38 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

“This 911 operator’s insistence on CPR for a woman who was still breathing is a bit much. If she is breathing on her own you don’t want to crack her ribs with CPR and complicate any recovery. “

I have read that in order to do CPR properly, expect to either crack or break the person’s ribs during it.


12 posted on 03/04/2013 2:55:24 PM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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