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[jabird56]

Interesting new CPR technique:

http://medicine.arizona.edu/spotlight/learn-sarver-heart-centers-continuous-chest-compression-cpr

[massacre]

I had heard about this, didn't know whether to believe it or not.

[Vortex]

Hey, a useful post in this section! Thanks for posting.

[Ms. Denmark]

This technique has been advocated for awhile now. Even in a clinical setting we are doing rapid chest compressions without regard for the number of breaths administered (we use 02 and an ambu bag). In the community this technique should induce more people to get involved in a sudden cardiac event rescue effort because it is simpler and error proof ( which is not the same thing as being sucessful in saving a life) as long as your hands are over the lower 1/3rd of the sternum and you pump hard and fast without stopping until you are exhausted. If you are alone, call 911 before you start. This technique will likely not save anyone if advanced emergency capabilities do not arrive in time. Be prepared for the fact that you will break some ribs, during this lifesaving effort. It cannot be avoided and as the video stressed, the person is dying and will shortly be dead anyway, so you will not usually make matters any worse. It also matters how old the victim is and what has caused the arrest. A younger person has a better chance than someone whose heart itself has come to the end of it's natural life span. Our bodies are self limiting and our vital organs do break beyond repair when they have worn out related to advanced age and or disease. So don't feel like you've failed if the effort is unsuccessful. Pat yourself on the back for getting involved and making a heroic effort, no matter what.

[massacre]

Kind of related, and you guys seem to know what you're talking about:

Recently during some occupational safety hazard training, we were informed that using a cell phone to call 9-1-1 could add substantially to the response time, over using a land line. Since most of the time we are out on a jobsite with no land lines, it was advised to us that we could cut down the response time down significantly by using a cell phone to call the local response #s, VS calling 9-1-1.

Any thoughts?

[Spectragod]

Kind of related, and you guys seem to know what you're talking about:

Recently during some occupational safety hazard training, we were informed that using a cell phone to call 9-1-1 could add substantially to the response time, over using a land line. Since most of the time we are out on a jobsite with no land lines, it was advised to us that we could cut down the response time down significantly by using a cell phone to call the local response #s, VS calling 9-1-1.

Any thoughts?

It would depend on the area which you made the call from. Most (not all) 911 calls from a cell phone go direct to the Highway Patrol or Sheriff's Office in the area nearest the cell site. Where as if you were to dial the # direct for emergency services in the area that you are in, you would go directly to that area's dispatch center.

I have seen calls get transferred many times to incorrect locations when 911 was dialed from a cell phone.