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From: medley@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: CPR, First Aid, & Liability
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 10:10:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 10:10:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!medley    Feb  3 09:10:00 1986



Just a quick word - my ex-husband was involved in cpr-type rescues
twice, and in both cases the results were a living person instead
of a dead one.  He never had any training at all in cpr, just had
heard vague things about pounding the chest and holding the nose while
blowing hard into the mouth.  One was an electrocution in which the 
person started to breathe again after the first chest bang - the dr.
said that considering the scope of the burns the guy should have died.
The second was a neighbor who "dropped dead" whie mowing his lawn.  Two
people got there instantly and gave him cpr until the recue squad arrived
and eventually got his heart beating again.  Nobody sued him, and he had
no training.  Moral:  even if you don't know aything, most people would
probably prefer a chance at life, and you should try to give it to them.