mouth-to-mouth ventilation

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mouth-to-mouth ventilation

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A reappraisal of mouth-to-mouth ventilation during bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Cardiac-only resuscitation may be more efficient than CPR because with an open airway, gasping and passive chest recoil provide some air exchange, or mouth-to-mouth ventilation could take time away from the chest compression needed for supporting cerebral and coronary perfusion, they suggested.

Chest compression trumps CPR

Not only are bystanders less likely to help someone who has collapsed if they have to do mouth-to-mouth ventilation, many are unable to perform it properly, experts found.