My wife was taught first aid (well she volunteered herself for it) when she was working. One of the conditions was that she should have an insurance policy to cover her for carrying out first aid at work, because the company wanted to be free of worries of litigation.
I heard this morning that the local ambulance service is putting out on the internet small mp3 files to cover first aid basics (ie, heart attack victim is the most obvious).
Now I know how to do CPR and mouth to mouth, but I am also aware that, in doing CPR, it is quite possible to break someone's ribs. Doctors and first aiders are made aware that it is far better to have a couple of broken or cracked ribs than to be dead (which makes sense).
I just thought though, would any of you be worried about trying this on someone you saw had had a heart attack, and the heart had stopped ?
I heard this morning that the local ambulance service is putting out on the internet small mp3 files to cover first aid basics (ie, heart attack victim is the most obvious).
Now I know how to do CPR and mouth to mouth, but I am also aware that, in doing CPR, it is quite possible to break someone's ribs. Doctors and first aiders are made aware that it is far better to have a couple of broken or cracked ribs than to be dead (which makes sense).
I just thought though, would any of you be worried about trying this on someone you saw had had a heart attack, and the heart had stopped ?
