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Subject: Lay-people doing CPR
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Date: Mon, 13-Feb-84 13:33:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 13 13:33:16 1984
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I too have taken CPR.  I have not had to use it and am periodically recertified.

If a friend starts choking, I usually look to the heavens and exclaim, 
"Please lord, don't make me have to do CPR."

I have only had one possible chance to use it and I was dining with someonw
(make that 'someone') who is trained as an EMT.  I let him rush to the aid
of the woman in distress.  A woman in the restaurant (who turned out to
be a nurse also came to the victim's aid).

I think that if I was the only one able to give aid (or if it could not
be determined immediately that other help was around) that I would have
no fear of administering CPR.  I do still hope that I never have to do
so.


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Re: Extended Wear Contact Lenses

     I, too, wear extended wear lenses.  I have worn them up to about a 
week but usually find it comfortable to wear them three or four days and
then take them out for a day.

     My first pair felt good from the day I got them until the day
they disintegrated.  I have had the extended wear lenses for about
three years and each replacement has been for the same reason.
That is, after about a year, I put them into the enzymatic cleaner
one night at bedtime and I wake up to find one of them noticably
thinner.  I then go to clean the lenses and the noticably thinner
one breaks.  I asked the doctor about this and he says a year is about
the most you can expect a pair of these lenses to last.  Fortunately,
I usually need a prescription adjustment at that point anyway.


     Each new pair I get seems to feel better than the last.  I never
experienced the blurring problem.  I have had momentary blurring but
it always clears after a blink or two and happens very infrequently.

     I do experience some drying out but less than when the lenses
were new.  I will have to try a humidifier and see if things clear up.

     All things considered, I would give my extended wear contacts
a rave review. (I am a camper and I can remember sterilizing my lenses
over a campfire - now I just clean them after I get home).



Flying Blind...

Denise Simon, Digital Equipment Corporatin, Hudson, Ma.