At Least you tried. Some people stand around and say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?"What aggravates me about the CPR training is that the philosophy changes every time I've had to take a course.The number of compressions to the number of breaths seems like it always changes and I get confused every time I take a CPR course. In the absence of trying to remember the ratio of compressions to breaths I'd like to get some sort of general guideline in case I forget.
Quote from: Steelontarget on August 21, 2017, 10:34:10 PMAt Least you tried. Some people stand around and say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?"What aggravates me about the CPR training is that the philosophy changes every time I've had to take a course.The number of compressions to the number of breaths seems like it always changes and I get confused every time I take a CPR course. In the absence of trying to remember the ratio of compressions to breaths I'd like to get some sort of general guideline in case I forget. No breaths anymore just series of 30 deep compression's. I think the change came mostly from people catching mono and and other diseases trying to save lives.
Quote from: Steelontarget on August 21, 2017, 10:34:10 PMAt Least you tried. Some people stand around and say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?"What aggravates me about the CPR training is that the philosophy changes every time I've had to take a course.The number of compressions to the number of breaths seems like it always changes and I get confused every time I take a CPR course. In the absence of trying to remember the ratio of compressions to breaths I'd like to get some sort of general guideline in case I forget. And what I am waiting for, is for the AHA to realize that the chest compressions are what really matters, because the up and down pressure from compressions actually should be causing a passive inspiratory and expiratory phase (action) in the lungs, and stop worrying about ratios. The compressions are what really matter, and they can essentially play a very similar role to what we are doing with mouth-to-mouth "breathing". ( I hope what I just said makes some sense! Hah!)
Quote from: oldpro on August 21, 2017, 11:11:57 PMQuote from: Steelontarget on August 21, 2017, 10:34:10 PMAt Least you tried. Some people stand around and say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?"What aggravates me about the CPR training is that the philosophy changes every time I've had to take a course.The number of compressions to the number of breaths seems like it always changes and I get confused every time I take a CPR course. In the absence of trying to remember the ratio of compressions to breaths I'd like to get some sort of general guideline in case I forget. No breaths anymore just series of 30 deep compression's. I think the change came mostly from people catching mono and and other diseases trying to save lives.That must have just changed. If I recall, from a rescue diver course in 2013, it was 2 breaths to 30 compressions.What would also be nice to know is how fast and hard the compressions should be administered (on an adult). I've heard that if you're not breaking the sternum then you aren't pressing hard enough.
Quote from: lizzie on August 21, 2017, 10:55:12 PMQuote from: Steelontarget on August 21, 2017, 10:34:10 PMAt Least you tried. Some people stand around and say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?"What aggravates me about the CPR training is that the philosophy changes every time I've had to take a course.The number of compressions to the number of breaths seems like it always changes and I get confused every time I take a CPR course. In the absence of trying to remember the ratio of compressions to breaths I'd like to get some sort of general guideline in case I forget. And what I am waiting for, is for the AHA to realize that the chest compressions are what really matters, because the up and down pressure from compressions actually should be causing a passive inspiratory and expiratory phase (action) in the lungs, and stop worrying about ratios. The compressions are what really matter, and they can essentially play a very similar role to what we are doing with mouth-to-mouth "breathing". ( I hope what I just said makes some sense! Hah!)I'm not sure if I can trust the AHA anymore as I saw that they said not to use coconut oil in your diet. There's a lot of research now about coconut oil and I've been using it a lot. It's made a difference with me.They also told us to stop using butter years ago and switch to margarine. That's been proven to be a bad idea. So, I don't know if I could trust what they tell us. Sorry to hijack the thread but wanted to get that off my chest.
Not everyone that dies can be revived, no matter how hard someone tries to resuscitate. If you think you have failed anyone by trying to do so, those types of thoughts can weigh heavy, and should be replaced by knowing that you had the training and put that training to use, and tried to help someone who was in need of aide.Trust me by thinking you somehow failed in saving a life, just writing that and having any thoughts of that nature can lead you down a path you do not need to explore.Good job, don't beat yourself up tho...