Drawing by Arielle, a student of the New Castle Art Center
November 7, 2008
by Christine Yeres
Since July of this year, the new protocol for layman’s CPR emphasizes compressions-only, says Bob Coulombe of the Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The American Heart association determined that most laypersons and many in Emergency Medical Services were not giving proper rescue breaths anyway. And compressions alone will keep oxygenated blood flowing throughout the body.
Want to learn CPR?
If you have a group of family, friends, a club, a neighborhood who want to learn CPR but do not need an official completion card, contact the Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps at 238-3191. Leave a message. Bob Coulombe will call you back and arrange a two-hour CPR course approved by the American Heart Association.
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