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Old Apr 19, 2013, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Inedible View Post
. And the breathing part of CPR has been dropped, so that now only the compressions are advised - the breathing part is what most people are more likely to get wrong.
Actually the reason that the AHA has revised CPR to eliminate breathing is that many laypeople are afraid they will be exposed to disease by giving mouth to mouth. It is likely that more people will do compressions only for cardiac arrest and that is better than doing nothing.
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