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Originally Posted by inv4zn
Really?
I did a quick google and the websites of various health authorities saying to give sharp blows to the back outweighs the ones that say to not.
One thing is they keep changing what's acceptable and not; like CPR for the longest time included mouth-to-mouth, until suddenly it wasn't.
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For small kids/infants the kid should be face down for the back blows. I wasn't clear that I meant the usual choking thing when you're upright and someone hits your back. In that case the blow could dislodge the item and then gravity could let it drop further down
The CPR thing found that the general public don't want to lock lips with strangers generally, it was easier to remember/perform compression only CPR, and that in most cases, advanced medical help was close enough that cycling the remaining oxygenated blood was enough till they showed up.
CPR with ventilation is still used, but not at the basic CPR level.
That said, I've had the 15:2 compression: ventilation ratio drilled into me for so long the cadence is stuck in my head.