August 17th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^
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August 17th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
As a licensed health care provider working at UMHS, we've been teaching this for the last 2 years.
August 17th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
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August 17th, 2010 at 11:01 AM ^
"An easy way to maintain that beat is to think of a disco song, like "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees."
August 17th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
"Another one bites the dust" also works.
August 17th, 2010 at 10:54 AM ^
This is CPR the way it's meant to be
August 17th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
That video convinced me to get my certification.
My certification class was taught by a large, bald, somewhat sweaty man. :(
August 17th, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^
Wayy too funny. I am actually a CPR Instructor and teach CPR classes and I have to say I might have to add a little video segment now that includes this proper method of CPR. I don't know how my female students would take it, but I know the guys would love it heh heh...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
I think I'm having a heart attack.
August 17th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^
It’s great for bystanders. However, its a huge problem that police officers and some non-health emergency responders are using NV cpr because it can lead to some pretty scary neurological outcomes.
You may save the person’s life, but they will be much more likely to have significant brain damage.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
CPR was changed for a number of reasons. First, the number of people that have had heart attacks with effective (breathing and compressions) CPR performed in an out-of-hospital setting that have recovered and been discharged home is very low. Bystander CPR was often not given correctly, and in some instances people didn't want to give it because fear of liability or didn't want to do the breathing.
The good Samaritan act does not protect people from being sued. It is unfortunate, but true. Studies found that there was not much of a change in numbers of people that survived to a successful hospital discharge between those with compressions and ventilation and compressions alone. The real problem isn't to get oxygen to the heart, it's to get oxygen to the brain. Having a living heart doesn't mean much when the brain doesn't funcion.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:10 PM ^
They were planning on changing it this year, so they finally decided to?
This is somewhat old news, as they've been teaching people to do compressions-only CPR if a pocket mask or face shield is unavailable to create a barrier between the mouths.
The problem is is that you still have to put breaths in for rescue-breathing and to assess if the airway is blocked. It makes sense as the air the rescuer breathes in is really not effective in delivering oxygen to the body, it's just as effective as if you were to just open the airway and do compressions.