Is there any reason why a person performing rescue breathing would not want to breath pure O2 or even EAN while doing rescue breathing? It would seem that it would benefit the person performing the rescue breathing as well as the victim.
O2 enhanced rescue breathing
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JeffG
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What problem are you trying to solve?dherbman:
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Not really solve, but increase the odds of a succesful resucitation.
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Jeff, he would be increasing the percentage of O2 in his expired air. the rescue recipient would probably get a marginaly increased delivery of O2. But what I was thinking is that CPR often goes on for an hour or so, and maybe the rescue breather would be less fatigued. I am sure Tsands or somebody will mosey in here and give an opinion. If it was my kid....the O2 available, on a boat, I think I would give it a stab. If it was a stranger, I would just follow the protocol due to legalities.
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What problem? Tissue oxygenation, less hypoxia.
"perform as trained"
What problem? Tissue oxygenation, less hypoxia.
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I don't have my finger on the page, but I would swear that I read 02 increases the potential for a succesful resucitation by a significant margin.
The idea came to mind while taking the O2 admin class and hearing a story by the instructor about an incident on a boat where they had to rescue breathe, but didn't have a resucitation mask in the O2 kit. They would give a rescue breath and put the mask on the victim between rescue breaths. The victim would only breathe very shallow for a short time and then stop.
The idea came to mind while taking the O2 admin class and hearing a story by the instructor about an incident on a boat where they had to rescue breathe, but didn't have a resucitation mask in the O2 kit. They would give a rescue breath and put the mask on the victim between rescue breaths. The victim would only breathe very shallow for a short time and then stop.
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Expired air is only about 16% O2. Breathe in EAN32 and you be blowing gas with about 27% O2 into the victims lungs.JeffG:
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The concept is sound, but the practice might not be. Think about what happens when you hyperventilate, you get dizzy, because of the excess O2 you are taking in. Rescue breathing with pure O2 like this could have the same effect.
The EAN idea sounds more workable. Or, how about sealing the victim's lips around a second stage and hitting the purge button? Even with just air, this could be efficient. Big downside risk is inducing barotrauma. Probably want to do this to yourself first to get an idea of timing. Something to think about here................
The EAN idea sounds more workable. Or, how about sealing the victim's lips around a second stage and hitting the purge button? Even with just air, this could be efficient. Big downside risk is inducing barotrauma. Probably want to do this to yourself first to get an idea of timing. Something to think about here................
Some interesting replies. I think the biggest problem is the fact that it is time consuming to switch between reg and EAR.
The risk of barotrauma should be minimal as the exhaust valves would open on the 2nd stage before then.
Dom
The risk of barotrauma should be minimal as the exhaust valves would open on the 2nd stage before then.
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