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Old 02-16-2009, 09:32 PM   #5
ZenGum
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You "should" do the breathe step - but you "should" have a mask. Without a mask, it is "optional" - patient has a better chance if you do, you have a better chance if you don't.

And the current formula is 30 compressions then two effective breaths, up from 15/2 when I last trained five years back, and way off the 5/1 when I first did it.
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