Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-ee!wn9nbt From: wn9nbt@ecn-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: lay-people doing CPR - (nf) Message-ID: <1589@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 21:18:33 EST Article-I.D.: pur-ee.1589 Posted: Tue Feb 14 21:18:33 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 03:33:02 EST Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 27 #R:tekig1:-152900:ecn-ee:18400001:000:1110 ecn-ee!wn9nbt Feb 14 15:14:00 1984 One additional comment I would like to make regarding the CPR class, did you take the long or short class ? I am an instructor and an EMT-A and have taught both the short class (approx 4 hours, covering one rescuer CPR) and also the long class (approx 12-16 hours, covering 1 and 2 rescuer cpr, airway obstructions, infants, and more). With the long class, you get more practice time and a wider range of situations to handle. I think the average person may respond better after the long class than the short, simply due to more practice and training. No one that I have taught has contacted me and said that they had done CPR on a person, so I don't know if this is a valid assumption or not. If you have the option of taking either class, I would recommend the long class over the short class, however, don't pass up a short class until a long class comes around. They are both good to know and well worth the time to take them. Every person responds differently to different situations. Just remember to keep calm and remember what you have been taught. .......Dave Chasey pur-ee!wn9nbt