American Science Advisory: Hands only CPR

[SEPAEMT]

Hands-Only (Compression-Only) Cardiopulmonary

Resuscitation: A Call to Action for Bystander Response

to Adults Who Experience Out-of-Hospital Sudden

Cardiac Arrest

to see full story http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/117/16/2162

[Chief1C]

I read it; Hands Only.. Like wtf else would we use? I carry a means to provide ventilation, however, I would rather see the public focusing on good compressions, than giving breaths.

Hell, I'd be amazed just to see proper CPR being done.

[spenac]

I read it; Hands Only.. Like wtf else would we use? I carry a means to provide ventilation, however, I would rather see the public focusing on good compressions, than giving breaths.

Hell, I'd be amazed just to see proper CPR being done.

Why so bitter a response? The OP just brought to our attn what he felt was new.

This subject of compression only CPR has been addressed recently though. I do hope it will encourage the public to at least attempt to help even though CPR is futile in the majority of cases. My concern is how many will do CPR on people that have just fainted. Walk up to average Joe citizen and most can not actually find a pulse. They know general area but not well enough to know a person is definitely pulseless. Heck I have found pulses on patients that EMT's said were pulseless.