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New Method of CPR - more effective and NO MOUTH TO MOUTH

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Mo0o said:
I just slam my fist into someone's chest while yelling "live damn it, live"
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If I recall correctly from helping someone study for some sort of test (to be certified to run codes in a hospital setting about 20 years ago), that approach (precordial thump, I believe it's called) is the correct approach for ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. It's effective only if done right in the beginning of the cardiac arrest (i.e. you were there & witnessed the cardiac arrest.) And, if I recall correctly, that's what happens if you get an electrical shock.

At one point, I was able to look at an EKG & would have been able to direct a team of doctors or nurses in an ER with what to do. I didn't know what the heck any of that stuff was, or how to do it, so wouldn't know if they were doing it right. I don't remember the order of things, and which things were done for which situations - intubation, IV line, 1mg adrenaline push, 3mg atropine push, more adrenaline (but not more atropine), calcium carbonate?

But, I do remember that the precordial thump (which is taught in ACLS) is given (well, at least 20 years ago it was; they change procedures often enough that it may not be true today) then 200 Joules, 200 Joules (the chest paddle things), and 360 Joules. The three shocks happen in well under a minute, but all sorts of other stuff happens in between.
 
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