Mouth-to-mouth-ventilation-first in drowning victims

Willingness to administer mouth-to-mouth ventilation in a first response program in rural Bangladesh

BACKGROUND Timely mouth-to-mouth ventilation is critical to resuscitate drowning victims. While drowning is frequent, there are no lay persons trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in rural Bangladesh. As part of a feasibility study to create a first response system in a conservative Islamic village environment, a pilot was undertaken to examine willingness to provide mouth-to-mouth v...

Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation.

BACKGROUND Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation techniques is poorly understood. METHODS A prospective randomised clinical trial was undertaken in January 2004 in 70 candidates randomly assigned to training in mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask or mouth-to-face shield ventilation. Each candidate was trained for 10 min, after which tidal volume, respirator...

Mouth-to-mouth ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: word of mouth in the street versus science.

I n this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Oschatz et al. (1) report that when lay bystanders in Vienna, Austria performed mouth-to-mouth ventilation in cardiac arrest victims before professional paramedics administered advanced cardiac life support, serious ventilation-related adverse effects such as pulmonary aspiration occurred no more often than in patients who collapsed in the presence of p...

The composition of gas given by mouth-to-mouth ventilation during CPR.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the concentration of a rescuer's exhaled O2 and CO2 during mouth-to-mouth ventilation with or without chest compression. DESIGN Prospective repeated measures study. Simulated one- and two-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed as recommended by the American Heart Association. SETTING University laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-five healthcare pr...

Transmission of infectious diseases through mouth-to-mouth ventilation: evidence-based or emotion-based medicine?