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Originally Posted by monster
There's a good reason to get trained.
One of the primary things they teach you is to look after yourself first and that it's OK to do that. Nobody would expect anybody to do direct mouth-to-mouth on a vomit-caked stranger. Get trained. You'll be reassured and gain confidence, even if you never have to use it. And you have grandbabies now. They need different care. Go do a CPR and first aid course that includes infant and child care. You'll feel empowered.
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
There will always be a distinction between pre-hospital and hospital based CPR. The current research on pre-hospital CPR as posted is actually based on sound research. You can't compare the apples and oranges of pre-hospital and hospital based CPR with the added element of medical training and lay training. Just a thought.
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I wasn't attempting to discount lay CPR training, on the contrary actually. What I was trying to say is that anything that gets people to intervene during a cardiac situation is a good thing in my book. It improves the chances of survival and decreases the possibility of permanent damage to the victim. I'm all for compression only adult CPR to be the new lay standard.
IMO we should have some sort of incentive to the general population to get trained and stayed trained such as getting a tax credit of some sort. Relying on goodwill works fine, but the more the merrier.