Posted on 07/09/2007 8:58:19 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
The first thing to do is to ensure that the Airway is clear.
The second thing to do is to check for Breathing.
The third thing to do is to check Circulation.
You only administer Mouth-to-Mouth if the person is NOT BREATHING. And you only administer chest compressions if there is no blood circulation. If the person is gasping for breath, then the person is still breathing -- though with difficulty. You should try to eliminate or alleviate whatever is causing the difficulty in breathing. To simply try to force more air through an obstructed airway will not help matters and may actually cause more damage.
It doesn't take a doctor to know that. (I'm not one, but I remember enough of the CPR training that I had in middle school and high school over 25 years ago that I would at least know these basics.) If you would not have known the ABC's of CPR as I just explained them and how to apply them in an emergency, then I would recommend that you find a CPR course from your local YMCA or community center and take one ASAP and get your family members to take it along with you.
Well said CD.
How do you check circulation?
“I called 911 as I was walking up to him, and they walked me through the first steps of CPR and chest compressions,” Lee said.
Early in the story.
Presumably, if a person knows how to do chest compressions, they also remember that.
From the article: "I called 911 as I was walking up to him, and they walked me through the first steps of CPR and chest compressions," Lee said.
So it would seem that she got some bad advice from the 911 operator.
Check for a pulse.
susie
So what is the amswer, decide if it’s better to save a life or is the expense going to be to much?
Gently find the carotid artery and lightly press it with your first or first and second fingers to feel for a pulse. You can also try the veins in the wrist, but the carotid artery is much easier to detect a pulse. NEVER use your thumb to try to check for a pulse because you will feel your own pulse rather than that of the victim.
And yet she attempted to do mouth-to-mouth breathing on someone who was already gasping for breath. This means that either she completely misunderstood what she was told by the 911 dispatcher or got very bad instructions.
Thanks.
You’d do it if you had to when the time came. Thanks for taking the course. EVERYONE should know basic first aid and CPR. I cringe when I hear abut people taking a dirt nap because someone was too lazy or ignorant to help them.
I hope someone takes your ‘wisdom’ to heart next time you’re lying on the road and need CPR.
Bad woman, didn’t do as you said!
The hospitals will. Unpaid medical bills are the single largest reason for bankruptcies.
Thanks. Poorly formated, though.
That’s the part we don’t know.
Maybe his homeowners insurance.
Did she not have insurance? Labs are the place where health insurers cut back alot. I will see a $300 bill for a lab test and the insurer will only pay $22 because that is what is contracted for the test.
She wouldn’t have had medical bills at all if she hadn’t put herself out for some man lying in the road in need of CPR. Shall we create incentives to step over the man and keep walking? This is one case where the state should pay the bill. Yank the cash from some welfare queen if necessary, but no one should step over a dying man just to avoid medical expenses for helping. If you were lying on that road in need of CPR, you’d be the first to change your mind.
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