April 1st, 2008
CPR methods have changed to hands-only
by: Sarah

Hands Only CPR
No Mouth to Mouth on their Donna Blue face

No more pesky breathing into a strangers mouth to save their life, now with the new hands-only CPR you don’t have to worry about kissing their Donna Blue face.

In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR — rapid, deep presses on the victim’s chest until help arrives — works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.

Hopefully people will be more willing to help strangers and loved ones who collapse with no EMS within the vicinity. The new method is way simpler, “You only have to do two things. Call 911 and push hard and fast on the middle of the person’s chest,”said Dr. Michael Sayre, a professor at Ohio State University for emergency medicine.

Hands-only CPR calls for uninterrupted chest presses — 100 a minute — until paramedics take over or an automated external defibrillator is available to restore a normal heart rhythm?

Why is pressing the chest important? Well, if the heart stops, the blood stops pumping and then you get organ failure. So keep that heart a pumpin’ and you’ll keep the brain a workin’… Save lives, press a chest.

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Info: Posted April 1st, 2008  in Breaking News, Medical
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7 Responses to “CPR methods have changed to hands-only”
  1. #1 POSTED BY Adam, Apr 1st, 2008 5:51 pm

    Are you saying I no longer have an excuse to kiss attractive female strangers to resuscitate them?

  2. #2 POSTED BY Sarah, Apr 1st, 2008 8:02 pm

    Lolol… Guess not Adam… :)

  3. #3 POSTED BY David Cook to the hospital and back again » Blog Archive » DHADM, Apr 2nd, 2008 2:37 pm

    […] case of cardiac arrest you can now use the hands only method of CPR, rapid chest compressions 100 per minute. […]

  4. #4 POSTED BY fuzzbutt, Apr 5th, 2008 9:03 pm

    Dang, I can’t fake dying so the hot fireman can give me mouth to mouth…..this sucks

  5. #5 POSTED BY Sarah, Apr 6th, 2008 5:33 am

    You’re right fuzzbutt, why do you always make more sense at 530 in the morning than when I write the post… Lolol

  6. #6 POSTED BY fuzzbutt, Apr 9th, 2008 3:25 pm

    cause I write at night or afternoon with I’m actually awake ;-) 5:30am and I’m still in bed and god help the person who wakes me up!

  7. #7 POSTED BY Sarah, Apr 9th, 2008 3:58 pm

    My question is… what was I doing awake at 5:30 in the morning?

    Hmm… I will go off and ponder this for a while… Wonder if anyone will notice that I left work early? lol

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