CPR Guild Lines Changing
Posted by Kim on April 3rd, 2008 / 
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Check with your supervisors first, but note CPR guild lines are changing.
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.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 am
The changes are to Bystander responce to adults who experience an out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Our guidlines for hospital have not changed so I would if you work in LTC you would also cont. the 30/2. The AHA also if a bystander “was previously trained and feels conident in giving the rescue breaths it’s ok to give them. If you to the AHA website you can read the article
Mary
April 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Maybe for a person that has no idea about anatomy and physiology and basic CPR skills its better to just pound on chest or leave the victim alone altogether and dial 911.
However if CPR to be performed the airways have to be checked/cleared regardless, and if the victim is not breathing the pounding will not make a difference after 5 minutes, because the brain cells will start dying………..