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Experts now recommend hands-only CPR

Last post 04-11-2008 12:17 AM by Dan LaVoie. 0 replies.
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  • 04-11-2008 12:17 AM

    Experts now recommend hands-only CPR

    Zig said that there would be an announcement. Here are links and an excerpt:

    http://www.oregonlive.com/ap/stories/index.ssf?/base/national-9/120700885624470.xml&storylist=topstories

    "NEW YORK (AP) — You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR — rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives — works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults...

    ...A child who collapses is more likely to primarily have breathing problems — and in that case, mouth-to-mouth breathing should be used. That also applies to adults who suffer lack of oxygen from a near-drowning, drug overdose, or carbon monoxide poisoning. In these cases, people need mouth-to-mouth to get air into their lungs and bloodstream..."

    http://www.americanheart.org/handsonlycp

    http://www.heart.arizona.edu/

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