This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
SW-User
Fortunately we don't have to because if you want to do artificial respiration the right way you have to do it from mouth to nose. :)
Billybob2 · 26-30, M
@SW-User oh, really? Damn, I'm lucky what I did worked then.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
@SW-User both ways works
SW-User
@MartinTheFirst yeah, bit afaik it's not recommended to give mouth to mouth. Because of infections and vomiting, and you have to hold the head and neck in right direction, and it's easier to hold it the right way if you do it from mouth to nose.
Billybob2 · 26-30, M
@SW-User I just did it mouth to mouth because that was the only way I knew how.
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@SW-User Now days that are teaching not to do it at all just do chest compressions ,
but I was trained in the Coast Guard and saved many many lives with the technique I was trained to do ,
many times when someone has drowned they also vomit ,
clearing the airway is critical and just compression alone would not help especially if the air way is obstructed .
We have changed off doing CPR for over an hour and the patient lived
I am not debating who is right or who is wrong ,all I can tell you is we have lots of experience ,and on my watch ,we lost very few
and I would say on this subject ,our record speaks for itself ,
Since most of the time we don't get to hear if they made it or not I never tried to actually count how many people we saved ,
But when they make a point to track you down so they can thank you personally ,
That is the greatest feeling on earth
especially when some sad let them go ,your flogging a corpse ,no one will know
I would ,and I got to say "Fogging a corpse "? more than once
We do our jobs until someone more qualified than us tells us to stop ,end of story ,now do your damn job ,and they did ,
Except if the shipmate happens to be a black person
most of my shipmates of color would not do CPR with a gun to their heads ,
they have a thing about dead people ,or the ones I have dealt with anyway
but I was trained in the Coast Guard and saved many many lives with the technique I was trained to do ,
many times when someone has drowned they also vomit ,
clearing the airway is critical and just compression alone would not help especially if the air way is obstructed .
We have changed off doing CPR for over an hour and the patient lived
I am not debating who is right or who is wrong ,all I can tell you is we have lots of experience ,and on my watch ,we lost very few
and I would say on this subject ,our record speaks for itself ,
Since most of the time we don't get to hear if they made it or not I never tried to actually count how many people we saved ,
But when they make a point to track you down so they can thank you personally ,
That is the greatest feeling on earth
especially when some sad let them go ,your flogging a corpse ,no one will know
I would ,and I got to say "Fogging a corpse "? more than once
We do our jobs until someone more qualified than us tells us to stop ,end of story ,now do your damn job ,and they did ,
Except if the shipmate happens to be a black person
most of my shipmates of color would not do CPR with a gun to their heads ,
they have a thing about dead people ,or the ones I have dealt with anyway
SW-User
@rckt148 all respect for you. Really. 👍
I'm not a professional at all, I just know that in my country they teach to do it from mouth to nose, not mouth to mouth. This topic is about the homophobic nature of a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and my answer for this issue was to do the mouth-to-nose if you have concerns.
I'm not a professional at all, I just know that in my country they teach to do it from mouth to nose, not mouth to mouth. This topic is about the homophobic nature of a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and my answer for this issue was to do the mouth-to-nose if you have concerns.
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@SW-User the only time I have ever done mouth to nose is with a small child
I know the way they train this stuff today has changed ,
my daughters are nurses and many times they have told me they are glad I told them the way I was trained ,the crap they were taught would have cost lives
Like an airway obstructed
With the fear of HIV many things have changed ,
They were trained to never do mouth to mouth without a guard ,(plastic that goes between the lips
But we have procedures we do every time ,its done in seconds
we support the neck after doing the check list ,pinch the nose ,
seal mouth to mouth and watch the chest ,
small child close off the mouth and breaths into the nose
infants its puff in the nose
all of them watching the chest
I am not concerned with HIV ,,I am concerned with saving a life and I have
As long as I live I will do what I know from experience works
they can teach others how ever they want
For over 200 yrs the Coast Guard has been saving lives
I was part of a 3 man team on the Worlds Busiest Search and Rescue station
so I have saved a few lives ,
but I do get the techniques have changed ,but as for me
I will continue to do what works ,and I will be covered ,
and if its Gods will ,they will live to see another day
and likewise ,my utmost respect for you 🖖
I know the way they train this stuff today has changed ,
my daughters are nurses and many times they have told me they are glad I told them the way I was trained ,the crap they were taught would have cost lives
Like an airway obstructed
With the fear of HIV many things have changed ,
They were trained to never do mouth to mouth without a guard ,(plastic that goes between the lips
But we have procedures we do every time ,its done in seconds
we support the neck after doing the check list ,pinch the nose ,
seal mouth to mouth and watch the chest ,
small child close off the mouth and breaths into the nose
infants its puff in the nose
all of them watching the chest
I am not concerned with HIV ,,I am concerned with saving a life and I have
As long as I live I will do what I know from experience works
they can teach others how ever they want
For over 200 yrs the Coast Guard has been saving lives
I was part of a 3 man team on the Worlds Busiest Search and Rescue station
so I have saved a few lives ,
but I do get the techniques have changed ,but as for me
I will continue to do what works ,and I will be covered ,
and if its Gods will ,they will live to see another day
and likewise ,my utmost respect for you 🖖