CPR procedure becoming murky
Posted Jul 29, 2014 7:37 am.
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Advice for bystanders performing CPR on someone who has collapsed is getting more confusing.
The National Post reports, while people have long been taught to do chest compressions and mouth to mouth, the procedure has been questioned in recent years.
In 2010, an international committee on resuscitation recommended skipping “rescue breathing”, and focusing on just the chest compressions.
A commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal now says that is a bad idea, especially for the untrained person.
Toronto Doctor Dr. Anthony Ho tells the paper, the act of tilting the head and chin back can help buy time the patient “desperately needs.”
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