Yoda
English & European
Bry Nylon said:
The best peice of advice we got was from a London Ambulance Paramedic who came to train us a few months ago. He said, "if the casualty has stopped breathing they're technically dead anyway, so just get in there and get involved. Even if you can't remember whether you're supposed to be doing 10 or 15 compressions to one breath, you won't be making the situation any worse for them."
It's not even any breaths now with Sussex Ambulance Service.
They just do 100 compressions and then do a check.
It will soon be coming out as the norm for first aiders as well. The latest we have to do with St. John (Gazwag, please note, I too am a member) is 30 compressions to 2 breaths. They'll keep changing it every few years so the 100 becomes the norm.