Tina wrote; >In reality, I understand that paramedics would refuse to >perform mouth to mouth on anyone without a shield of some sort, to protect >from contacting blood and saliva borne illnesses. There are many things that rescue personnel will and will not do. Some are local policy, some are personal policy. There is a hierarchy concerning safety. I have seen it expressed as the 3 P's or sometimes the 4 P's. Your concern should be first Personal, second Partner, third Patient (or Public if 3P's) and fourth Public (if 4 P's). If medical personnel follow this hierarchy, they would protect Personal and not perform "mouth to mouth" without a protective device. There is also a second neumonic(sp) that compels them to protect themselves as part of universal precautions. "If it is warm, wet and not yours; use latex," (referring to gloves, shields, etc., here). Obrien wrote; > I carry a pocketmask with an oneway valve in my car. Fortunately, for the rest of us, there are prepared people like (Mr. or Ms.) Obrien around. Bruce WEO www.wholeearthoutfitters.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 03:46:58 PST
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