03-31-2006, 07:16 AM
Hi,
Just one thing to add, because it is constantly done wrong in movies and on TV. Chest compressions should NEVER be performed on anyone that has a heartbeat. They are to circulate the blood, and have nothing to do with breathing. If a person is not breathing but has a hearth beat, then all that is necessary is the mouth to mouth part of the exercise. Doing chest compressions on a person with a heartbeat will almost inevitably stop their heart and turn a dangerous situation into a deadly one.
And, yes, chest compressions take a bit of effort. In a first aid course I took years ago we had enough Andys so that we only had two people on each. The instructor told us to keep at it as long as we could up to fifteen minutes. A few couldn't go the distance, and the rest of us looked liked we'd run a marathon.
--Pete
Just one thing to add, because it is constantly done wrong in movies and on TV. Chest compressions should NEVER be performed on anyone that has a heartbeat. They are to circulate the blood, and have nothing to do with breathing. If a person is not breathing but has a hearth beat, then all that is necessary is the mouth to mouth part of the exercise. Doing chest compressions on a person with a heartbeat will almost inevitably stop their heart and turn a dangerous situation into a deadly one.
And, yes, chest compressions take a bit of effort. In a first aid course I took years ago we had enough Andys so that we only had two people on each. The instructor told us to keep at it as long as we could up to fifteen minutes. A few couldn't go the distance, and the rest of us looked liked we'd run a marathon.
--Pete
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