03-31-2006, 08:16 AM
Griselda,Mar 31 2006, 03:24 AM Wrote:My CPR instructor out here says that if you do it correctly, there will be some nasty crunching and stuff at first as the cartilage breaks away from the ribs, but that after that you can pretty much feel where the "bottom" of your compression should be. He claims that the person will be bruised and uncomfortable, but probably won't have their ribs broken, just a lot of torn cartilage.
He says that we should break the ribs of people who are choking, though.
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Wow, your CPR instructor completely disagrees with my CPR instructor.
Honestly though, I don't see how only cartiledge would be affected by deep CPR. I can't see how ribs cannot be broken. I subconciously knew this when I was like 5 years old, and today confirmed it.
The choking thing is just absurd. There are two ways to help a choking victim. One is to push a fist towards and up from the belly button (no ribs) and the other (performed on pregnant females and the disabled) is a short 1" chest compression which is nowhere near enough to break a rib.
I'm just going by what I was taught today (well, yesterday) by current Ontario, Canada guidelines.