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Must be a proper stranger.

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[Feckless]

The old "chest pressure arm lift" (the only way to give CPR to someone in an M17 NBC mask before modifications were made to it) is about all anyone other than family is going to get from me.

[11th Earl of Mar]

continued public resistance to giving mouth-to-mouth

Didn't Richard Pryor do part of his stand up act on this???

"You think I am gonna put my mouth on his?..."

[The Other Harry]

In my CPR class, they taught us that it is ABC. Airway, breathing, and cardiac. In that order.

Make sure the airway is clear. If it isn't, then clear it.

See if the person is breathing. If the person isn't breathing, then supply air by whatever means are available (including mouth-to-mouth, but preferably a bag).

Check the pulse. If there is no pulse, begin chest compressions. This overlaps with the breathing.

They also taught us that that by the time CPR is necessary, there is only a 1 in 10 chance that the patient will survive. But that's better than nothing.

It's an easy class to take, but the application in real life can be be a bit messy.

[The Great RJ]

A few years ago I was substitute teaching at a local high school when a student suffered a seizure. Normally this is no big deal--just protect them from injury until the seizure is over. However in this case, the student did not resume breathing after the seizure, despite stimulus from sternal rubs, opening his airway etc. I proceeded to give him mouth to mouth rescue breathing and with two breaths he resumed breathing normally and was back in class the next day. Needless to say it was quite a lesson for the other students.