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This is all sorts of cool:
The rest of the article is over here.
The article goes on to state that not having to give mouth to mouth makes it easier for an untrained person to do CPR ("press on the chest"), but that it increases the victim's chance of survival by 2 to 3 times. Apparently there is enough oxygen in the person's lungs and blood that it is not completely necessary to do rescue breathing.
Unfortunately, my training is the "2 rescue breaths followed by 30 chest compressions" kind. Only by following that in a cardiac event can I be protected under the Good Samaritan laws. So I guess this means I get to go get re-certified under the new guidelines now... :-P
NEW YORK (AP) -- You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life.
In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR -- rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives -- works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.
Experts hope bystanders will now be more willing to jump in and help if they see someone suddenly collapse. Hands-only CPR is simpler and easier to remember and removes a big barrier for people skittish about the mouth-to-mouth breathing.
"You only have to do two things. Call 911 and push hard and fast on the middle of the person's chest," said Dr. Michael Sayre, an emergency medicine professor at Ohio State University who headed the committee that made the recommendation.
Hands-only CPR calls for uninterrupted chest presses -- 100 a minute -- until paramedics take over or an automated external defibrillator is available to restore a normal heart rhythm.
In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR -- rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives -- works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.
Experts hope bystanders will now be more willing to jump in and help if they see someone suddenly collapse. Hands-only CPR is simpler and easier to remember and removes a big barrier for people skittish about the mouth-to-mouth breathing.
"You only have to do two things. Call 911 and push hard and fast on the middle of the person's chest," said Dr. Michael Sayre, an emergency medicine professor at Ohio State University who headed the committee that made the recommendation.
Hands-only CPR calls for uninterrupted chest presses -- 100 a minute -- until paramedics take over or an automated external defibrillator is available to restore a normal heart rhythm.
The rest of the article is over here.
The article goes on to state that not having to give mouth to mouth makes it easier for an untrained person to do CPR ("press on the chest"), but that it increases the victim's chance of survival by 2 to 3 times. Apparently there is enough oxygen in the person's lungs and blood that it is not completely necessary to do rescue breathing.
Unfortunately, my training is the "2 rescue breaths followed by 30 chest compressions" kind. Only by following that in a cardiac event can I be protected under the Good Samaritan laws. So I guess this means I get to go get re-certified under the new guidelines now... :-P