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Originally Posted by LipstickLola

With all due respect, a person can survive a few broken ribs a whole lot more than a 99% occluded artery, specifically if it's LAD. I break ribs in my job, the surgeon who steps in to relieve me breaks ribs, it happens, circulation, opening the artery first, repair broken ribs second. As far as other internal organ damage that can occur? it's secondary to the opening of these arteries to in fact 'stop' the heart attack. Chest compressions saves lives!!

Of course broken ribs are preferable to dead people; I'm not saying it's not.

However, the facts are that CPR does not have a great success rate outside of a hospital, and that the success rate increases significantly when people are performing CORRECT CPR rather than what they've seen in the movies or on television, which is why I recommend wholeheartedly that people become CPR certified.

It is also important to note, y'all, that you can't kill someone by doing CPR incorrectly; if someone is in cardiac arrest, they're already dead, and CPR can only help. But this is a thread for discussing the benefits of a new style of CPR and, like it or not, the reality is that CPR, more often than not, does not work and people need to be cognizant of that and take all measures to save people the best way they can--which in many cases is to call paramedics in addition to CPR.

Chest compressions saves lives, but so do education and information.