[iamkeri1]

Selenay,
Thank you so much for arguing for the broader view. Of course, of course, of course, call for paramedics (dial 911.)

Also try to prepare yourself emotionally that even though you are trying like hell to preserve a persons life, it may not "work." When hubby died we did CPR and mouth to mouth on him till help arrived, but he still did not survive. A sad and awful day, perhaps made worse by the fact that we tried to help him but (as we viewed it at the time) failed. It's hard emotionally to intervene in someone's life or death struggle.
Smooches,
Keri

Originally Posted by Selenay

Of course broken ribs are preferable to dead people; I'm not saying it's not.

However, the facts are that CPR does not have a great success rate outside of a hospital, and that the success rate increases significantly when people are performing CORRECT CPR rather than what they've seen in the movies or on television, which is why I recommend wholeheartedly that people become CPR certified.

It is also important to note, y'all, that you can't kill someone by doing CPR incorrectly; if someone is in cardiac arrest, they're already dead, and CPR can only help. But this is a thread for discussing the benefits of a new style of CPR and, like it or not, the reality is that CPR, more often than not, does not work and people need to be cognizant of that and take all measures to save people the best way they can--which in many cases is to call paramedics in addition to CPR.

Chest compressions saves lives, but so do education and information.