> Mouth-to-mouth is not deemed particularly necessary these days (since the act of correct CPR will draw oxygen in anyway), better to focus on proper CPR and wait for the ambulance to turn up with high-flow oxygen from a tank.
Not exactly. More precisely, for the “average” out of hospital cardiac arrest in an adult, chest compressions are more important than expired air resuscitation (mouth to mouth). The guidance to the public was watered down because there was recognition that members of the public were not enthusiastic about starting mouth to mouth resuscitation with a stranger. Mouth to mouth definitely helps.
You need a patent airway for any type of CPR to have any chance of working. Chin lift and jaw thrust are important for both compressions only and compression with breaths.
Source: I’m an attending anaesthesiologist and have resuscitated more people than I would like to count.
Not exactly. More precisely, for the “average” out of hospital cardiac arrest in an adult, chest compressions are more important than expired air resuscitation (mouth to mouth). The guidance to the public was watered down because there was recognition that members of the public were not enthusiastic about starting mouth to mouth resuscitation with a stranger. Mouth to mouth definitely helps.
You need a patent airway for any type of CPR to have any chance of working. Chin lift and jaw thrust are important for both compressions only and compression with breaths.
Source: I’m an attending anaesthesiologist and have resuscitated more people than I would like to count.