"I understand that it might be difficult to perform effective CPR on someone unconscious in a kayak but if you can get someone rafted up then at least perform chest compressions until you can get the victim ashore. Some CPR experts are now saying that chest compressions do more good than mouth-to-mouth as the compressions get some new air into the lungs." My last CPR recertification last year or the year prior drove home this point. The number of rescue breaths per compression has gone down in the latest training. Your blood stream is supposed to have enough O2 to keep the brain and organs going for awhile. The rescue breaths that are given, even at the lower rate, will supply more O2. If for some reason you can't give rescue breaths then compress. Seems like everytime I go through CPR recertification things change. Later, Dan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 07 2009 - 14:18:51 PST
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