fairybasslet
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I'm taking a combined adult CPR/First Aid class from the Red Cross for $60. It is from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. It was supposed to be last Sat. but it was postponed until April because of the snow/ice storm.
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It's not new, it has not happended yet. It will not be implimented untill 2008.Please stop spreading ill informed medical advice.GA Under Water:The new one says No breaths, Just compressions is fine. It also says that they may not update the Classes except to say, it is fine without the breaths.
This is public news. I am not starting some rumor.March 17, 2007
Without Mouth-to-Mouth, CPR Still Works
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oh look, the first quote of the Artical says it is new and not the old 30:2.Chest compressions — not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation — seem to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.
Here they mention the changes from a year ago.More than a year ago, the American Heart Association revised CPR guidelines to put more emphasis on chest presses, recommending 30 instead of 15 for every two breaths
this is their wordingAlthough the study supported the use of chest presses only, the American Heart Association did not expect its advice to change. It recommends that bystanders provide compression-only CPR if they are “unwilling or unable” to do mouth-to-mouth breathing at the same time, and for emergency dispatchers to give instructions on that.
Pardon me but when they say that if you are "unwilling or unable" to do mouth to mouth, It recommends compression-only CPR.GA Under Water:The new one says No breaths, Just compressions is fine. It also says that they may not update the Classes except to say, it is fine without the breaths.
“It is important to note that victims of cardiac arrest from noncardiac causes, like near-drowning or electrocution, and almost all victims of pediatric cardiac arrest benefit from a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions,” a heart association statement says.
not update the Classes except to say,
It recommends that bystanders provide compression-only CPR if they are “unwilling or unable” to do mouth-to-mouth breathing at the same time, and for emergency dispatchers to give instructions on that.