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Show Continental Trains IS In Life Saving Techniques Fifteen employees of Continental Con-tinental Telephone Company traffic office attended a meeting meet-ing in the ladies lounge on July 28 for the purpose of learning basic life saving techniques. Cecil McCurdy, Rio Algom first-aid and safety technician, conducted a class in the basic life saving technique known as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, resuscitat-ion, or CPR, a combination of niouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions. Mr. McCurdy cautioned the traffic employees, first and foremost, don't panic. You have 4 to 6 minutes to get a person breathing before any brain damage will occur. The first 2 to 4 minutes, before any trained help can possibly arrive, are the most important. First, call an ambulance, the hospital or the Operator and get trained help on the way. 1 his should not take more than one minute. Then immediately start CPR and do not let up until help has arrived. If you are alone you should alternate between mouth-to-mouth breaths and chest compressions, giving 80 compressions a minute, two breaths after each 15 chest compressions. If two rescuers are available, he said, give 60 chest compressions a minute, one breath after each five chest compressions. Resusa-Ann, on loan from Rio Algom, was used so each person could practice CPR. A meter was used showing when correct pressure was used in the chest compressions and the inflation of the diaphram showing when mouth-to-mouth was being performed correctly. You definitely can save a person's life with this practice, McCurdy pointed out, and almost always the ones who live through a heart attack are the lucky ones who have had someone nearby that could do some sort of resuscitation. resusci-tation. All who attended this class agreed it w as very worth w hile. |