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"--Modern CPR (for adults) no longer includes rescue breaths. Mouth-to-mouth was too much of a turnoff, and chest compressions alone are very effective given th
by larrik 14y ago
"--Modern CPR (for adults) no longer includes rescue breaths. Mouth-to-mouth was too much of a turnoff, and chest compressions alone are very effective given the response times of ambulances."
I heard this years ago, and both times that I took CPR certification classes since then, we did mouth-to-mouth anyway. I guess different courses are different.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoMy wife (an MA for a pediatrician) told me the current standard she needs to test to is 25 compressions per rescue breath.
- pyre 14y agoI took part in this: https://www.cprundead.ca/guinness-event https://www.cprundead.ca/guinness-event and they specifically said that mouth-to-mouth is no longer a part of it. It's all about the chest compressions.
- antiterra 14y agoIt depends on who teaches it. I believe the American Heart Association got rid of rescue breaths but the American Red Cross still trains for two breaths every 30 compressions.