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CPR Not as Effective as Chest Compressions Alone

Posted by Zonk on from the use-the-compressions-luke dept.

patiwat writes "A Japanese study detailed in the New York Times has found that people suffering from cardiac arrest were more likely to recover without brain damage if rescuers focused on chest compressions rather than on rescue breaths. Some experts advised dropping the mouth-to-mouth part of CPR altogether. Interrupting chest compression to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation might do more harm than good if blood flow to the heart was not properly re-established, a researcher from Tokyo's Surugadai Nihon University Hospital said. According to the article, 'More than 300,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest each year. Roughly 9 out of 10 cardiac arrest victims die before they get to a hospital — partly because they do not get CPR.'"

2 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. As a rescue technician by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After each 1 minute of pumping someone's chest, i like to teabag the victim for about 30 seconds.

  2. Terrible News by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could this be the end of being able to trick hot teenage lifeguards into making out with you?