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RE: First Aid Class
They taught us to (if you were alone) give two breaths, followed by 5 chest compression's,
Repeated until help arrived.
Now we are taught not to give breath/respiration's at all, just the compression's.
That was the hardest thing for me to adjust to, and frankly, if I am called upon
In a reallife situation, I know how to be sure the airway is clear, I am not
Concerned about nor afraid of 'catching something' from a victim
Though mouth-to-mouth. To me, it is a necessary part of the
Rescue; what good does it do to the victim if you either
Get their heart beat restarted or you've kept them
Going until more help arrives, if they end up
With severe brain damage from being
In anoxia for too long?
an·ox·i·a
/aˈnäksēə/
noun TECHNICAL
an absence of oxygen.
MEDICINE
an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues; severe hypoxia.
"death due to anoxia resulting from strangulation"
When I first learned, it was, as I recall, 15 compressions, then breath, do this on repeat for two minutes, check for pulse, repeat. Then yeah, just compressions.
I don't know that breaths do much for their oxygen levels though, since we're breathing out CO2, hey?
We don't exhale pure CO2, there is quite a lot of unused
O2 in what we exhale. You can use a 'rebreather'
To stay underwater and not leave a trail of bubbles, breathing
Your own exhaled air with the CO2 scrubbed
Out. Military technology. We used them for emergency
Escape in the missile silo's where I worked.