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As I understand it, rescue breathing is indicated.

• borski 4y ago
  Yeah that’s the P in CPR.
  • ceejayoz 4y ago
    Guidelines were changed for laypeople a while back because it turned out continuous chest compressions moved enough air and was more impactful in the first few minutes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484593/
    • borski 4y ago
      Yup.
    • mrguyorama 4y ago
      The reasoning I heard was that more people are comfortable giving chest compressions than rescue breaths, and we wanted to encourage people to help even if they weren't comfortable with rescue breaths
      • ceejayoz 4y ago
        That's part of it. > Available evidence strongly support the superiority of bystander compression-only CPR. Reasons for the best efficacy of chest compression-only CPR include a better willingness to start CPR by bystanders, the low quality of mouth-to-mouth ventilation and a detrimental effect of too long interruptions of chest compressions during ventilation. People don't want to make out with a stranger, they don't do it very well, and pausing chest compressions detracts from it.