On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 12:23:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, wrote:


I hope this helps.

It does. very much! Thank you for sharing your experience!

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

I probably should add:


The presence of an AED does not preclude good CPR being done. Everyone should know CPR. At the very least, chest compressions are beneficial even without any attempt to assist breathing. Only stop CPR at 2 times:

1) When the AED is analyzing the heart rate/rhythm

2) During the shock (when told to shock)

Keep CPR going until assistance arrives. Be ready to hand it off to another person as it very tiring. You should not try to perform CPR for more than 5-10 minutes without relief as your ability to deliver quality compressions will fail after that time.

Dan (and yes, I have done CPR on real people many times both with ultimate success and without sadly)