Among adults whose heart had stopped beating, those who received “hands-only” cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander were 60 percent more likely to survive than those who received no CPR or conventional CPR with mouth-to-mouth breathing. This is good news, researchers said, because not only is “hands-only” CPR — in which the rescuer does rapid, uninterrupted chest compressions — easier for the public to learn and remember, research shows bystanders are more likely to act when they don’t have to do mouth-to-mouth.
“Anyone can do ‘hands-only’ CPR and anyone can save a life,” contends lead study author Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow, medical director of the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma.
“You don’t have to have a special certification or take a special course,” said Bobrow, who is also an emergency physician at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix.
Researchers stressed the findings apply only to adults given CPR by the lay public. Children should still usually receive rescue breathing, Bobrow said, as well as anyone who was choking, drowning or having breathing trouble before becoming unconscious. Read more in APP.
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Remember, this is only for layman/bystander CPR, because those people are usually not especially familiar with the pattern of chest compressions and rescue breathing.
Professional CPR remains the same with the combination of compressions and rescue breathing proving to be most effective.