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CPR course shows participants how to save lives
Dan Schwab
It may take only five minutes af-
ter a person stops breathing for per-
manent brain damage or death to
occur.
But, if CPR (cardiopulmonary re-
suscitation) is administered quickly
and properly, there's a good chance
that person can be revived.
With the intention of empowering
people with this life-saving skill,
employees of Huron County Emer-
gency Medical Services offered a
free CPR Awareness Day at the Va-
nastra Recreation Centre on Sept.
24.
Groups of people who were already
at the rec centre that day to work-
out in the gym, use the pool or exer-
cise in the Nordic walking program,
visited the 20 -minute CPR course.
Some had taken CPR training
courses years ago and were sur-
prised to learn the procedure has
been modified significantly by
health professionals.
"It's been simplified forthe pub-
lic," says Rob Taylor, field supervi-
sor at Huron County EMS.
Taylor says it's no longer neces-
sary to check a person's pulse before
administering CPR, since it's better
to start compressions immediately
to help get their heart pumping
blood quicker.
A few years ago, the procedure
was . two breaths and 15 compres-
sions for adults and one breath and
five compressions for
a child aged one to
eight.
Now, the pre-
ferred method is
two breaths, last-
ing one to two sec-
onds each, and 30
compressions for
both adults and
children.
Compressions
should be per-
formed with
wrists and arms
locked, with both
hands • pushing
down on the cen-
tre of the chest.
One -hundred
compressions a minute is adequate,
says paramedic Amanda Kowall.
Kowall suggested it • helps to ad-
minister the compressions to the
rhythm of the Bee Gees' song Stay-
in'Alive.
For a small child compres-
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'The more peo-
ple know how
to do CPR, the
better chance
they have to
save a person's
if
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uron County EMS
les."
There's a
chance that ribs
can be broken
sions can be done using only
one hand and two fingers
can be used for an infant.
"When you start the com-
pressions, the first thing
you're going to hear is a
crunch or crack," Kowall
says. "This isn't the
sound of the rib bones break-
ing. It's
just the
-cartilage
of the
ribs and
sternum.
It's like
cracking
knuck-
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during compressions, especially
when performed on the elderly,
but it's important to continue CPR,
Kowall says.
"It's better to be alive with a bro-
ken rib than to be dead," she says.
Compressions help the heart to
pump blood into the body. It takes
eight compressions to get the heart
primed to pump blood, Taylor says.
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