A new technique developed at the University of Arizona School of Medicine to revive victims of cardiac arrest without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is sweeping the world and saving lives. But although Magen David Adom has begun to teach its medics how to use the Chest-Compression-Only Resuscitation (CCOR) technique which can be performed after watching a short video, senior Health Ministry officials were unaware of it, and the public has not been informed.
Unlike regular cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, in which the rescuer alternates between 30 chest compressions and two breaths by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation – which has been taught in first-aid courses for decades – CCOR requires passersby only to press the center of the chest with their two hands held one atop the other, fingers meshed and their elbows locked into a straight position. |
