How many of you lot know how to resusitate someone?

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Just curious after seeing it mentioned in a thread and having recently learned how to do it in my scuba training


I wouldn't like to have to do it for real but I feel confident I'd be able to attempt it

anyone here had to do it ?
 
Learnt CPR on my first aid training a few months ago.

One of the only things I remember from it. Hopefully it's all stuck up in my brain somewhere and when the adrenaline kicks in I'll remember it all.

Not had to do it yet though.
 
Not had to do it but seen it done first hand.

Quite a scary thing really, and its a fairly brutal process resulting in a few cracked ribs and what not.
 
I know how to do it.

I also know that it's barely ever successful, and that some people in the emergency services regard it as something to keep people at accidents occupied while they wait for the professionals, so they don't just panic and freak out.
 
wannabedamned said:
I do! I do! I do!

I learnt how as part of my Bronze Lifesavers award.

Does everyone know the recovery position aswell? for afterwards
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I'm not sure I can think of an occasion when a rubber brick will need cpr :p

I know the recovery position too and some other methods such as keeping the victim warm etc
 
Yes, but I've never had to do it. I first went on a course when I was at school (it was part of the mandatory curriculum, if you didn't sucessfully complete the course you had to do it again).
 
Been a while since I learned CPR (some years ago as part of a 1st aid course)

Dunno if I would be willing to said training into practice though, as Gornall said it can result in a few cracked ribs if CPR is not administered correctly. I can't imagine person with said cracked ribs would thank me later for saving their life. More likely I'd get a severe slap according to sods law.
 
vonhelmet said:
I know how to do it.

I also know that it's barely ever successful, and that some people in the emergency services regard it as something to keep people at accidents occupied while they wait for the professionals, so they don't just panic and freak out.
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Rather than just keep them occupied, I was led to believe that you're simply keeping their blood/brain oxygenated, but as you say, it's hardly ever effective there and then (circa 5-10%?) other than stopping brain damage until the paramedics arrive.
 
Yes and I went through the motions on my dad, knowing full well he was already dead and it wouldn't work. Then when the ambulance arrived, they continued for another twenty minutes and I'm sure they knew that it wasn't going to help but they had to carry on because first my mum and then I had started and at least it gave her some hope.
 
yes (saint johns trained), haven't had the opportunity to do it properly though, thankfully.

may have defib training at some point in the near future too.
 
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