Comments on: Hands-only CPR is a lifesaver

By: Political_mama

Political_mama — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:35:09 +0000

Thank you little john, I didn’t know if I needed to wait for a different instruction or not.

By: Econ101

Econ101 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:30:07 +0000

pmom

Another exception?

Oral bleeding or nasal bleeding.

You might have to do more than just blow.

But for lay people I think this is great. I guess I am a “lay person” now, my EMT Certification lapsed years ago.

By: littlejohn

littlejohn — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:15:13 +0000

As an AHA instructor, I can tell you that the new guidelines do not include professionals or “health care providers)

By: Political_mama

Political_mama — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:56:30 +0000

See though, they teach CPR for lay people, and CPR for professional rescuers. And they’re different. So I”d be very interested to know if this is going to change the way we rescuers do things or not.

I’m getting ready to recert, and I want to teach CPR to professionals. So I’d like to know if I need to wait to do the new requirements or the old.

By: Phantom

Phantom — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:44:16 +0000

One study, I read about a couple days ago said that the successful outcome for heart attack victims increased 3 fold from just compressions before defibriliation.

By: Political_mama

Political_mama — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:23:11 +0000

There is more than one exception, such as longer periods of CPR, but in the beginning fantastic…whatever will get people to DO it and save a life. Stats show that even a 10 second interruption drops the overall survival rate significantly. SO don’t stop.

Since I’m a professional rescuer, I’d like to see what, if anything, changes in our routine.