So I can do it with my foot without putting my beer or cigarette down?
If you’re only doing chest compressions, how is new oxygen being introduced into the body. Me thinks respitory arrest is seperate from cardiac arrest.
Matthew can give me mouth-to-mouth, I don’t mind ; )
I didn’t watch the video but if Matthew is shirtless i will seriously consider it.
What, the Obamacare way? If someone is over 65, tape their mouths shut and put a pallet of bricks on their chest?
The scene is safe.
Are you alright Sir or Madam?
Ask someone to call 9-11 and ask for an AED.
Listen for breathing for 7 seconds.
Give one breath.
Start chest compressions (30 at a time)
Then one breath.
Again continue compressions.
Till help arrives.
I think that is the current deal?
“according to Gupta, it is better to not interrupt the chest compressions for anything while you wait for paramedics to arrive.”
The Bee Gees can help, too:
“WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem “Stayin’ Alive” provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim.
The American Heart Association calls for chest compressions to be given at a rate of 100 per minute in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). “Stayin’ Alive” almost perfectly matches that, with 103 beats per minute.
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In a small study headed by Dr. David Matlock of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, listening to “Stayin’ Alive” helped 15 doctors and medical students to perform chest compressions on dummies at the proper speed.
Five weeks after practicing with the music playing, they were asked to perform CPR again on dummies by keeping the song in their minds, and again they kept up a good pace.
‘The theme ‘Stayin’ Alive’ is very appropriate for the situation,” Matlock said in a telephone interview on Thursday. “Everybody’s heard it at some point in their life. People know the song and can keep it in their head.’”