Posted on 02/12/2010 5:03:17 PM PST by Man50D
This is an excellent video regarding an updated and more effective version of CPR that doesn't require blowing in someone's mouth. Pass it on.
Simple enough. Didn’t say anything about clearing the
airway to start though.
Knowing this and other simple first aid procedures
such as the symptoms of stroke could save a life.
Who knows, it might be your own.
One note I would add. My wife gave CPR to a very old lady who collapsed at the checkout counter of a store. [Must have seen the sales tax!] I remember my wife and I looking at one another because we both thought she had died. Her eyes were wide open, but nobody was home, so to speak. Since I am only the sugar daddy, it was left to my wife, who was an ICU nurse and very familiar with giving CPR, to administer the procedure. When my wife gave the first breath, the little old lady immediately regained consciousness. Had we used the new procedure with the emphasis on aggressive pressing of the chest, that lady may have ended up with some broken ribs instead of just a mouthful of someone else's air.
Every situation is different, but don't rule out the possibility of a little mouth to mouth on occasion.
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