• Zenabiz
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    02 years ago

    Understandable, but you only need to do it if there is no pulse. If you are doing chest compressions to save their life, I am sure the majority would be quite happy with not dying. You don’t need to take off their top, and you are pressing on their sternum rather than their breasts. You can’t really mistake CPR for anything else if you are doing it correctly.

    • bluGill
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      02 years ago

      CPR does not save lives. It preserves a dead body until an AED or ambulance can bring it back to life. You need to remove her shirt and often bra (if there is a wire it must go, otherwise only if in the way) to use an AED so if some item of clothing is in the way don’t worry about removing it.

      Note that the above is generic CPR training that doesn’t respect local laws which can say something different.

      • mycorrhiza they/them
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        12 years ago

        CPR absolutely does save lives. The success rate outside hospitals is around 10%. That’s thousands of lives saved every year.