A Breath too Far.

So CPR now is breathless again, compressing the chest to the beat of Staying Alive is in and the kiss of life is out!

Now back in the 60’s when I went to St. John’s Ambulance we were taught to resuscitate people by pushing down on the lungs and raising the arms. This was done whilst the “victim” was lying face down with head to the side and hands under face, elbows out to the side, pretty much a standard sun-bathing pose!

 

Things change all the time as our knowledge and beliefs move, sometimes for the better and sometimes not. We have superseded pounds and ounces, yards, feet and inches although in my memory the inch was still the measurement back in the 50’s and early 60’s. Of course for me it still is the measurement of choice.

So I was startled to hear one of the characters in “Meet the Midwife” measuring in centimetres!!!!