Friday, March 16, 2007

CPR Update

Chest presses, not breaths, better CPR

Chest compression — not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation — seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts. For more, go to: http://health.yahoo.com/news/_173117

3 comments:

b rendan said...

This is a super random post! But while your at it, it might as well be included that there is no longer a difference between CPR for an adult, child or infant, and the chest to breath ratio has been adjusted from 30 x 2 to 15 x 2 (basically what you are saying). Does that make sense? It is 30 chest compressions, then 2 breaths and so on until help arrives.

Kellette said...

I only post this because I, and I am sure other other blog readers are CPR certified. I was re-certified as recently as June 06, and this is a BIG change...thanks for the additional info...

Leslie said...

That's really interesting.
I had noticed it even "looked" different on TV. (Not that that is the greatest resource), but I kept thinking the count is off! This explains alot.
How often do you have to get recertified? I haven't been since '04?