Experts Now Recommend Hands-Only CPR
Stephanie Nano at Wired - if an adult collapses and stops breathing, The American Heart Association now recommends skipping the mouth-to-mouth breathing and focusing entirely on pressing the center of the chest, 100 times a minute. For children, however, it's usually a breathing problem, not a heart attack, so mouth-to-mouth is still recommended.
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"if an adult collapses and
"if an adult collapses and stops breathing" their heart can still be beating fine. You might want to check that before breaking ribs on a complete stranger. "Airway" is still primary in A.B.C.
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