Graphic ‘feet-only’ CPR shows need for better civilian education

Learn hands-only CPR to deliver chest compressions to a person who is unresponsive

August 25, 2014 10:43 AM •

This disturbing scene, said to be out of Vietnam, shows people jumping on a boy’s chest in an attempt to revive him.

Obviously, this is not how to perform CPR.

Bystanders and lay rescuers can learn hands-only CPR in a training course, online video from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross or just-in-time from a 911 telecommunication or dispatcher.

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