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Article: CPR training for lifeguards: new research, new thinking.(cardio-pulmonary resuscitation)
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 National Recreation and Park Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Our lifeguards call it "Baywatch CPR." It's the miracle of television and films. To a tense musical soundtrack, a lifeguard checks the victim's neck and dramatically shouts out, "No pulse!" The heroic lifeguards complete an average of three cycles of chest compressions and breathes when the victim suddenly sits up and coughs. "You'll be all right," the lifeguards say. In the next scene the victim is sharing a romantic dinner with one of the lifeguards.
Of course we recognize these scenes for what they are, fiction. In real life, people who require CPR don't get up and walk around a few minutes later. In fact, most don't get up at all. Extensive research into ...