Totally OT: FYI new CPR

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This is CPR the way it's meant to be

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.

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.