[whershey]

I agree. A lot of this is pure BS. If you do CPR correctly you won't break a rib unless the person has some sort of bone pathology that would them brittle. I've seen way to many people to count have their lives saved by well done CPR. I wonder how much he was payed by the governement to right that stuff.

[rlmorel]

This BS article is somebody’s opinion. What he says he has seen, accounts from people he has talked to. The author makes SWEEPING generalizations based on HIS experience.

It is an opinion piece, that is all.

[Nifster]

you are not talking about the frail 92 year old woman who my daughter had to resusciatate because the family could not bring themselves to sign a DNR. Look the fact is when you get old and are dying ( and yes we are all dying) the truth is you break bones rather easily....like my grandmother whose ribs were broken by her youngest daughter trying to reposition a pillow. The stories from hospice nurses are countless. Please do not confuse CPR on the terminally ill and those who are healthy

[Jath]

if you are doing CPR correctly, you are pushing hard enough to break ribs. Yes, you are expected to compress the person’s chest a good 2 inches in order to compress the heart to circulate blood. There is no such thing a “gentle CPR”.

[Jath]

if you are doing CPR correctly, you are pushing hard enough to break ribs. Yes, you are expected to compress the person’s chest a good 2 inches in order to compress the heart to circulate blood. There is no such thing a “gentle CPR”.

[Jath]

if you are doing CPR correctly, you are pushing hard enough to break ribs. Yes, you are expected to compress the person’s chest a good 2 inches in order to compress the heart to circulate blood. There is no such thing a “gentle CPR”.

[Jath]

if you are doing CPR correctly, you are pushing hard enough to break ribs. Yes, you are expected to compress the person’s chest a good 2 inches in order to compress the heart to circulate blood. There is no such thing a “gentle CPR”.

[goat granny]

To do CPR it takes a lot of pressure to cause the blood to flow out of the heart....The strength needed is hard. It is possible to fracture a rib doing CPR. If you are not putting enough pressure what your doing is of little use...The pressures needed to actually reach the heart and cause it to pump out blood is not just a few presses.

In the hospital I have seen when Respiratory therapy comes in they get up on the bed in some cases to be able to do it with force necessary to do any good and get the right angle....

It is a relief to the nurses when RT shows up and its usually a male that does the compressions...

For those that have practiced on Annie in a CPR course you realize the pressure needed and if your not doing it hard enough Annie tells you. (Annie is the dummy used in those classes)