H2Andy
Contributor
a while back, we had a thread on the "chest compression and mouth-to-mouth" vs. "chest compression only" CPR methods... i can't find it at the moment...
at any rate, the trend lately has been to move to a chest-compression only
model, and now it's gone mainstream:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051129/ts_usatoday/lifesavingmovecprmadeeasier
from the article:
The most common reason many people die is because no one nearby knew CPR, or if they did know it, they didn't actually do it," says Michael Sayre of Ohio State University in Columbus, one of the authors of the new guidelines.
Now it's simple: Call for help. Push the chest. Don't stop.
Two rescue breaths can be given after every 30 compressions, but mouth-to-mouth is optional.
"Some CPR is better than no CPR," says Robert O'Connor of Christiana Care Health System in Newark, another guideline author. Until emergency medical responders arrive, chest compressions alone can often be just as effective in saving a life, he says.
so does this mean that "no mouth-to-mouth" is a dumbing down of the process,
and that mouth-to-mouth is really better, if done properly?
so what should one do?
and in an in-water (surface) CPR situation, where you can't really do chest compressions, i guess this changes nothing.
so.... i guess that's my question... does this change anything for CPR trained
Rescue divers?
at any rate, the trend lately has been to move to a chest-compression only
model, and now it's gone mainstream:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051129/ts_usatoday/lifesavingmovecprmadeeasier
from the article:
The most common reason many people die is because no one nearby knew CPR, or if they did know it, they didn't actually do it," says Michael Sayre of Ohio State University in Columbus, one of the authors of the new guidelines.
Now it's simple: Call for help. Push the chest. Don't stop.
Two rescue breaths can be given after every 30 compressions, but mouth-to-mouth is optional.
"Some CPR is better than no CPR," says Robert O'Connor of Christiana Care Health System in Newark, another guideline author. Until emergency medical responders arrive, chest compressions alone can often be just as effective in saving a life, he says.
so does this mean that "no mouth-to-mouth" is a dumbing down of the process,
and that mouth-to-mouth is really better, if done properly?
so what should one do?
and in an in-water (surface) CPR situation, where you can't really do chest compressions, i guess this changes nothing.
so.... i guess that's my question... does this change anything for CPR trained
Rescue divers?