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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I am hoping I will pick it up easy when I was young was with St. John's ambulance for a few years and went to comps my group came second in the districts |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I just done my refresher course a few weeks ago, it is good to know what to do if the situation arises, But you do feel a plonker asking a doll if it can hear you lol"
I agree.. But if it saves a life, its all worth it 
Plus if you have a good tutor and a good group, it helps ease the nerves and embarrassment. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's amazing how much of it you forget really.. Even from refresher to refresher. Or that might just be me and my lack of absorbing any knowledge I might need! |
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Remember from a first aid point of view. If you find someone who isn't breathing they are technically dead. Therefore anything you do can only be an improvement. So if you come accross a car accident and they are bleeding from an artery. Get them out and do CPR and ignore the bleed. Weird I know |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Could be the fact im super unfit but giving cpr i was exhausted after 2 mins and once you start you cant stop (unless they start to breathe)"
Yes you can. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Could be the fact im super unfit but giving cpr i was exhausted after 2 mins and once you start you cant stop (unless they start to breathe)"
You can stop if you can't physically carry on anymore |
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"Whats the compression/ breath ratios these days? keeps changing"
It is 30 compressions to 2 breaths, with compressions at a rate of 120 per minute i.e every half second. Only give to a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing. Check for 10 seconds that they are not breathing. Check / clear the airway and tilt the head back (unless you know how to do a jaw thrust). The casualty must be on their back and it CPR cannot be done on a bed.
If the casualty is an adult, start with the 30 compressions before giving the 2 breaths. This is because the chances are that the person will still have oxygen ated blood in thier body and the important thing to do is to get this circulating.
For a child, give 5 breaths first then contiinue as above. This is because a child has less blood than an adult so needs to be oxygenated first. |
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"Could be the fact im super unfit but giving cpr i was exhausted after 2 mins and once you start you cant stop (unless they start to breathe)"
Yes it is hard work. Get someone else to take over if you can't continue at the required rate. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Did mine a year ago but had a little problem with my dummy ............... its head fell off in my hands ......ooops, and I was then asked why I wasnt doing resusc ........ so I carefully explained that I believed it was dead!!!!   |
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"Remember from a first aid point of view. If you find someone who isn't breathing they are technically dead. Therefore anything you do can only be an improvement. So if you come accross a car accident and they are bleeding from an artery. Get them out and do CPR and ignore the bleed. Weird I know "
Yes, breathing takes priorty, as the chances are that they will die quicker from not breathing than from bleeding. Control bleeding after they have been rescucitated, unless it is very severe and you have assistance from another person, who can control the bleeding at the same time. |
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Bit immature off-topic but I did the course a few weeks ago and the only thing on my mind afterwards was that we could've organised a drinking game for every time the tutor said "recovery position".
- Amy. x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Bit immature off-topic but I did the course a few weeks ago and the only thing on my mind afterwards was that we could've organised a drinking game for every time the tutor said "recovery position".
- Amy. x"
Lol that's true . Funniest thing today was the tutor with Annie on his lap faceing away and she was bent over a little it made me laugh out loud too lol  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I found it interesting to do the course years ago, luckily the worst thing I had to deal with was a crushed hand. It is amazing how quickly things come back to you though.
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"I just done my refresher course a few weeks ago, it is good to know what to do if the situation arises, But you do feel a plonker asking a doll if it can hear you lol"
Resuscitation Annie...did you know that doll is actually based on a real person?..
I found that part ok..a few giggles here and there to lighten the mood..then the instructor brought out a baby version...and the mood became very sombre and I found myself pretty upset..I would hate to be in that situation...I only hope I could perform and make a difference
Its amazing though how much of it you forget in a 'situation'..I was involved in one about a months ago...stopped at a serious road accident, complete with a really nasty fatality..all the 'make sure you and the area are safe, prioritise the treatment for those who need it most etc etc goes out of the window..
But its better to do something than nothing...or just drive just with a camera phone in your hand like some of the weird fucking ghouls who just drove past the accident 
I was proud to have done my bit..but it can be an upsetting experience..hats off and total respect to the emergency services  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whats the compression/ breath ratios these days? keeps changing
It is 30 compressions to 2 breaths, with compressions at a rate of 120 per minute i.e every half second. Only give to a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing. Check for 10 seconds that they are not breathing. Check / clear the airway and tilt the head back (unless you know how to do a jaw thrust). The casualty must be on their back and it CPR cannot be done on a bed.
If the casualty is an adult, start with the 30 compressions before giving the 2 breaths. This is because the chances are that the person will still have oxygen ated blood in thier body and the important thing to do is to get this circulating.
For a child, give 5 breaths first then contiinue as above. This is because a child has less blood than an adult so needs to be oxygenated first."
Do they still teach mouth-to-mouth resus? I personally wouldn't do it, except on someone I knew or a kiddy, but I have a few gadgets that do it for me. I'll never forgot the first time I saw a patient up-chuck into a first aider's mouth. Not pleasant. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Whats the compression/ breath ratios these days? keeps changing
It is 30 compressions to 2 breaths, with compressions at a rate of 120 per minute i.e every half second. Only give to a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing. Check for 10 seconds that they are not breathing. Check / clear the airway and tilt the head back (unless you know how to do a jaw thrust). The casualty must be on their back and it CPR cannot be done on a bed.
If the casualty is an adult, start with the 30 compressions before giving the 2 breaths. This is because the chances are that the person will still have oxygen ated blood in thier body and the important thing to do is to get this circulating.
For a child, give 5 breaths first then contiinue as above. This is because a child has less blood than an adult so needs to be oxygenated first.
Do they still teach mouth-to-mouth resus? I personally wouldn't do it, except on someone I knew or a kiddy, but I have a few gadgets that do it for me. I'll never forgot the first time I saw a patient up-chuck into a first aider's mouth. Not pleasant."
They say if u don't want to do the mouth to mouth u can just do chest compressions |
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"They say if u don't want to do the mouth to mouth u can just do chest compressions "
Doesn't that defeat the object though? Fair enough if you're just trying to restart the heart but as for keeping the brain alive you're not topping up the oxygen for the heart to circulate? x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"They say if u don't want to do the mouth to mouth u can just do chest compressions
Doesn't that defeat the object though? Fair enough if you're just trying to restart the heart but as for keeping the brain alive you're not topping up the oxygen for the heart to circulate? x"
He said the compressions are the most important part |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They say if u don't want to do the mouth to mouth u can just do chest compressions
Doesn't that defeat the object though? Fair enough if you're just trying to restart the heart but as for keeping the brain alive you're not topping up the oxygen for the heart to circulate? x"
The department of health (I think its them) discovered that there should be enough oxygenated blood in the body already, stopping the compressions to give breaths was seen as more detrimental |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Heres some quoted text
Compression-only CPR is effective for a variety of physiological reasons, Pepe said. "The main determinant of restoration of a spontaneous pulse is maintaining a high enough blood pressure in the heart," he said.Halting compressions to provide ventilation reduces blood flow by an unexpectedly large amount.The blood of a heart attack victim is fully oxygenated at the time of the attack, and the body uses less oxygen in the aftermath of the attack, he said. That supply is usually enough to last seven or eight minutes.Moreover, most heart attack victims gasp for air every 15 to 20 seconds -- a phenomenon known as agonal breathing or a "death rattle." That gasping actually provides substantially more oxygen than mouth-to-mouth |
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I did a first aid course last year which was great and i learned alot. As a parent I feel better knowing what to do when/if something happens. my kids have had loads of accidents and I know that panic can set in but when you've got the skills to think back on, its invaluable.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A few years ago I witnessed a bad accident and had to attend to a woman with a bad cut on her arm and used my shirt to bandage her. I never got it back. It was a nice one too. "
yeah but when they ripped the sleeves off they didnt think u wanted it back ......   |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack! |
"Will you come out wearing lots of bling whilst humming a well known BeeGees classic disco number 
Good on ya mate "
"Another One Bites The Dust" is the same timimg! |
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