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YSK about Lifesaver, an interactive series of shorts about responding to life-threatening situations like choking, collapse, and heart attack (www.lifesaver.org.uk)

submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/youshouldknow

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Why YSK- Even if you're already knowledgeable on these things, it never hurts to reinforce something that could save someone's life. Also since there's lots of little things to be mindful of when responding to an emergency, it can be easy to forget. I first went through the series a decade ago when it came out and after going through it again today I got a few things wrong. That's not to say it's a fault of this series. I feel like I retained a good amount of info, it's just like anything, you don't practice something, you can forget. Also there was a randomized controlled trial done that shows this is comparable to face to face training. This is the study published by the European Resuscitation Council. Even if you disregard that, I think it's fair to say it's better than just consuming info from say a youtube video.

If you're on your PC you can use the site https://www.lifesaver.org.uk/

or if you're on mobile there's the lifesaver app Google Play , iOS

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[–] DerArzt 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

A post about helping your fellow human? Have an upvote.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Great. Even just the basics can definitely save lives.

Abdominal thrusts and hands only CPR are simple things that everyone should know.

[–] roofuskit 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Stayin alive stayin alive! It's important to note to anyone worried about CPR, you literally only have to keep a beat and do the chest compressions. In most situations there is enough oxygen in the blood and lungs to keep someone's brain alive while the ambulance arrives, no need to do mouth to mouth. This comes from the red cross who had simplified the training in the last decade or so. Basic CPR no longer includes breathing, just chest compressions. Learn a simple skill, save a life.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"Staying alive" or ", Highway to hell" both have about the right beat for CPR

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 3 points 6 hours ago

Technically, so does, "Another One Bites the Dust" 😉

[–] Bieren 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are these valid in the US?

[–] roofuskit 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

...do you think procedures that save a person in the UK will not work on people from the US?

[–] TheBat 8 points 3 hours ago

How many hamburgers per AR15 of pressure do I need to apply on an American for chest compressions?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for phrasing it