I was just cleaning out my junk drawer and found my mouth shield in there🤦🏼♀️ A lotta good that would do me if I ever needed it and not only didn’t have it, but had no idea where it was.
But really in all my years of being certified & re-certified, I’ve NEVER encountered anyone in need of rescue.
If we all carried around everything we could possibly need at every given moment for any possible unforeseen need, we’d all be hauling 20 ft long trailers 😆
I’m a minimalist and everywhere I go I bring as little as possible. Sometimes I bring nothing at all with me places I go. I really prefer to travel lightly.
Yes. Also yes. I clip the breather to my backpack. It just hangs there and I don’t notice it.
No. Last info I heard, chest compressions were all that was necessary.
The latest first aid guidelines in Australia say to do EAR, but my employer’s training was to use a non rebreather and oxygen therapy with no breaths. Maybe that’s an advanced resuscitation thing. I think it dropping breaths happened during Covid.
A recent heart attack I was at where I worked on the patient with the ambulance (outside of work) also didn’t do breaths.
I got certified in June. I don’t carry a mask because the risk of disease transfer is small, and I don’t want one more thing to worry about if it’s something I have to do.
There’s a small, practical first aide kit in most of my packs (2x alch pad, bandaides, benedryl, gauze pad, superglue), and a full one in my car. The one in my car is still mostly practical (all of the above plus more gauze, sling, calomine, butterfly bandage, antibiotic ointment, BP cuff, stethoscope, SpO2). Most of it is meant to stop bleeding I just don’t want on my seats.
I probably have a couple in my car or in old backpacks. Condition unknown.
I did my CPR and First aid earlier this year (3rd time) in Australia and mouth-to-mouth wasn’t taught as part of CPR this time.
I have been a CPR instructor and assessor
I won’t bother with breathing for someone I’m doing CPR on
Good to see constant compression has finally gotten so much mindshare.
There’s plenty of air being moved with compression, and the unfortunate reality is that lots of air just gets blown into the stomach anyway, and the vomit created isn’t helpful
I’m first aid certified. 39 years ago.
Yes I am certified but I have never owned a mouth shield.
Nah, i just let them die if their hygiëne is so messed up i dont want to give mtm. Like, Im not the fucking ambulance.
Might be worth looking into why so many medical professionals have a DNR… 🤷🏼♂️
Are “cpr-certified” people trained to look for and respect medical bracelets? And will they remember that part of their training, if so? One of my worse fears is being manhandled by one of these people
No. And even medical professionals won’t look for one before CPR starts.
Simply because there isn’t time.
Once the scene is established it’s a different deal and of course it can be a different deal when someone advises us or a condition is clearly showing. (And additionally in all jurisdictios I worked so far a medical bracelet does not constitute a binding DNR)
That’s the rush you take when you don’t chew your food. 🤷🏼♂️
Yeah they know better than most, that CPR rarely ends well. Better to let nature take its course and head off to heaven, than fight against it & suffer & have broken sternum & punctured heart & even a worse death .
“Heaven”. Yeah. Uh huh.
Well, most people I know have a “don’t bother unless I get bystander CPR/it’s witnessed”. Because then you absolutely got a chance in most regions of the world.
Yes and yes
I have one in a first aid kit in my vehicle – I have no clue what condition it is currently in.
Realistically you’re probably just going to be doing chest compressions until someone brings an AED and/or is a professional.
Not everywhere but I do have one thrown in my work backpack whenever I’m travelling to plants.
No I am not.
