You're quite welcome to print it out.

I would love to know who I have annoyed to get marked down!  I think the rating just before yours dropped me from a 5 to a 3 star (either high expectations that were not met, or a grudge about something perhaps!)  Its a shame that person could not enlighten me as to how I could improve my article. (although grudge ratings are not usually associated with constructive criticism).

thats just my whinge for the day (sorry you were on the other end of it Lui)

xx josie

Don't you just hate that! I wrote an article that was disabled before it was posted and someone reported it before admin approved it!!!!!!! I'm still laughing! If I give low score I usually say why.

Don't worry, I'm sure that certain 15yr old will be gunning for me seeings I was one that let her inner bitch out for a walk and gave her a proverbially cup of coffee!!!!!

Cheers Raven!!!!!

I was just thinking the same thing what the hell? There's nothing to be marked down about and your style of writing is very clear so even the most anal person wouldn't have any pointers there. Maybe it was an angry certain 15 year old?

I know, I saw that & thought that someone would have added some useful comment that had different information; yet there was nothing... Nevermind, we all get it and the cream rises to the top anyway ; )

Its OK guys.  I have received a minti mail and I am aware of who the low rater was (its not who you might think).  I have been asked to delete this advice, presumably because it is not what the community teaches (ie. the ratios for children differ).  I have had this discussion with mand already, as she had brought up the same issue- see below, but the person who mailed me is so concerned that she feels my advice should not be here.

Having had issues in the past with trying to delete advice with comments on already, I will update this advice to what the community is taught, rather than what I was taught as a paediatric health professional.

For those who have printed this advice already, please reprint, you will notice that the paediatric value will change from 15:2 to 30:2.  I do not want to be accused of writing misleading information that may endanger the community.

I just read this on my email its great advice don't delete it so sorry someone disagrees.

I thought you wrote 30:2? And don't delete your article it only needs a simple edit. The person who contacted you should have left a comment for everyone to read if they were so concerned that your article needed to be deleted. By being aware and failing to warn others of the difference in compressions, they were contributing to the risk.

Thanks Mel.  I've just added a link to describe the coma/recovery position that included diagrams.  I am not sure that its the best link available, but my computer is being REALLY slow today, so it took a long time just to link this one.  I'll see if I can find something better when my computer is a bit faster.  I am about to put the computer in a situation where it requires CPR itself, PMSL.

Mel if you are going to write that, you need to tell us how the coughing will help... It has made me very curious! 

The coughing acts as immediate CPR to yourself

Thanks.  I hope you never have to use it!!

xx josie

Thanks Janince

This is a partner article to my "out of control" article I am STILL working on!

xx josie

sorry Janice- little typo there!

Thanks for adding that mand.  I knew I was going to forget something!!

No you covered everything just wondered if still teach this?

For the safety of children and people we love it is so important to do CPR training by the time an ambulance gets to your house it could be to late sorry that is negative but unfortunately true, great advice glad you are encouraging this I feel strongly on this one too!!!!

Just wondering do you know why they changed the compressions because last one I went to they said 30 for all so people don't get mixed up have they found 30 to much compression for young children? I have to update mine this year!!!! Thanks Josie

Hi mand,

We are both right.

 In the community the ratio of 30:2 is taught for both adults and children to prevent confusion and only require one ratio to remember.  I have included in this article what has been found to be best practice, and what is taught to health professionals.  The 30:2 and 15:2 are taught to health professionals because it is expected that they would have a higher exposure to resus situations and should be able to remember the 2 ratios.

The link I provided (if it works, you might need to copy and paste) included the reasons for the different ratios in FAQ 10.  in summary: the ratio of 15:2 has been found to be best practice for children because -children require higher ventilation rates than adults (breaths are more important for children than adults), Its not a case of TOO MUCh compressions for kids, more TOO LITTLE ventilation.  It fits better with the normal variables of heart rates and breathing rates in children, a large proportion of adults have a store of oxygen in the lungs and make ventilation less of a priority, Children have more resp arrests than cardiac arrest, children maintain their cardiac output for much longer than adults when under stress situations (i.e a blood pressure change in a child is close to pre-terminal, yet this may be an early sign in adults), this is why most paediatric hospital patients wont have routine BP’s done.

Any assistance you can offer is better than none at all, which is why the community ratios are different, but I decided to include in my article the best way that has been found so far.  I am sure with more studies a new best way will be discovered, LOL.

I also forgot to add that pregnant women should be tilted on their left side to improve circulation to the vital organs.

Sorry havent been on here for a while been in and out of hospital getting there now. I thought that might be while they taught us that you are very good a your job. Lately I have meet a lot of nurses in the hospital and you have a very demanding stress ful job espically at night were they only have two nurses on staff in a section they are run of their feet this is quite scarry to see when you are in pain in hospital.