http://www.americanheart.org/present...tifier=3011764
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Originally Posted by AHA CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Hands-Only CPR: An initiative that can help save more lives On March 31, an important advisory statement on hands-only (compression-only) CPR was published in Circulation. This statement clarifies the 2005 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, which included the recommendation that laypersons or bystanders should perform hands-only CPR if they are unable or unwilling to provide rescue breaths. What is hands-only CPR and what does it mean for you? Visit our Hands-Only CPR Consumer Web Site to find out more about this lifesaving initiative. If you are an AHA instructor or Training Center, visit the Instructor Network to view the instructor Web cast and download the tools youll need to incorporate Hands-Only CPR into your classes. |
Seems like a good move to encourage more laypeople to get involved. I'm still going to be bagging anybody I do CPR on, but not many people carry a BVM in their vehicle (or are trained on how to use it).
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