Comment on Risks of CPR
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, more common however is a rib puncturing a lung. Regardless, the (slim) possibility of that happening is preferable to the certain death that would happen if you didn’t perform CPR
Comment on Risks of CPR
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, more common however is a rib puncturing a lung. Regardless, the (slim) possibility of that happening is preferable to the certain death that would happen if you didn’t perform CPR
ShadowZone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This. When I got my CPR training, the consensus was: if you hear or feal something crack, don’t stop. Messing up is better than doing nothing.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 6 months ago
Also, if you’re concerned, don’t be afraid to perform CPR on a female. Their modesty is worth a lot less than their life.
berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wow… That’s incredible. What does it matter in that instance if you touch someone „inappropriately“ whatever that even means in this circumstance… I kinda get that in the ridiculous US juristictions where someone could sue you for trying to help you (change that already ffs…)
Imagine having to talk to the family/friends of someone you found on the street:
„Hey I‘m so sorry your friend/wife/girlfirend/mom/daughter died. But at least I didn’t touched her breasts and no one hndressed her for the defibrillator!“
WTF! I‘m incredibly conscious of my body (trying to lose weight currently) but if helping me survive means getting me but naked on Times Square, fucking go for it -.-”
retrieval4558@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Hearing a crack isn’t messing up. Broken ribs are common in cpr.
jasory@programming.dev 5 months ago
External compression isn’t exactly the normal mechanism of blood circulation.
retrieval4558@mander.xyz 5 months ago
That’s true, my point was just that a broken rib doesn’t mean you made a mistake during CPR.