Thread: First Aid Training and Article

Originally Posted by No.3

Part of the issue with the cpr and breaths thing was that exhaled air from a hard working and panicky/shocked first aider is usually very deficient in oxygen, and apparently studies have shown that you get more benefit from continuously moving the blood in the person receiving first aid than stopping and trying to top them up with exhaled air in that deficient of oxygen situation. Better is using a bag mask without supplementary oxygen i.e. fresh air, best is a bag mask with oxygen but either way circulating the person's blood is the objective.

There has been a lot of discussion in resuscitation circles about ditching artificial ventilation altogether, but there are some situations where it is important (e.g. children; drowning). In an effort to keep the guidelines as simple and consistent as possible, artificial ventilation remains in the algorithms.

You can now get single use AEDs for about the cost of a PLB and not much bigger. than PLB My son works from St Johns and keeps one in his car for non work situations.
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