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There is nothing obviously prurient about rescue breaths. More often than not, the rescuer will get a mouth full of blood, mucus and vomit for their trouble. Th
by panarky 4y ago
There is nothing obviously prurient about rescue breaths. More often than not, the rescuer will get a mouth full of blood, mucus and vomit for their trouble. There is nothing lascivious or sexual about it.
- hprotagonist 4y agoI agree; rescue breaths into a mouth of bloody vomit is something I avoided in emergency medicine too—with a laryngoscope and a BVM, but that’s because i brought an ambulance with me when i did CPR! What is purient is the observed disparity between rate of CPR at all as a function of patient sex because tits are involved: ”A small survey found that people may worry that chest compressions by bystanders will seem improper or may hurt women.” It was my understanding that rescue breaths lower overall compliance, and my comments expounding on it are largely separate from sex-linked concerns.