[shrinkermd]

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[Sidebar Moderator]

I, and the rest of us in the back, are curious to see why you would post this under Editorial and Unclassified. Please note where I placed it.

[SoldierMedic]

In most business establishments and offices now are people trained in AED's. Where I work there is an AED not more than 100 feet from where I work.

CPR on it's own has little chance of saving you. However, if defib is given within the first one to two minutes of Ventricular Fibrillation, chances of survival are well above 80%.

Something to consider:

In NY, it takes EMS about 15 minutes to get to you. VF survival is about 5%. In Seattle, EMS take about 7 minutes, with a survival rate of about 30%. Rochester Minnesota has an EMS time of 6 minutes, and a VF survival rate of 43%.

[neverdem]

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders with chest compression only (SOS-KANTO): an observational study

I wish I understood why this is chat and not news. These mods are weird.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A study in Japan showed that people were more likely to recover without brain damage if rescuers focused on chest compressions rather than on rescue breaths, and some experts advised dropping the mouth-to-mouth part of CPR altogether.

Good. With my luck, the life I try to save will be that of some big, ugly, hairy guy rather than a hot, Valerie Plame lookalike (yes, I think she's hot; whether she tells the truth is something else entirely).

[SunkenCiv]

That's how the training is now -- 30:1 compressions to breathing, and breathing is optional. It takes 10 compressions just to get blood into the heart.