Read the article:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/14/cheating.death.harden.cpr/index.html

Here's a link to information and tutorials on Continuous Chest Compression (CCC) resuscitation:

http://www.heart.arizona.edu/publiced/lifesaver.htm

Lots more data and support for CCC via this Google Search: http://bit.ly/bDm2x

What is interesting is the last couple of paragrahs on how it changed the couple. I'd love to see a study on that

The last time I did my first aid ticket (2007) they were talking about teaching this method in Canada. I am not sure if they have changed over yet. New first aid practices usually face a lot of inertia.
We have seen the Automatic Defibrillators accepted very well here though. It is still one extra day of training to add the certificate for them to your ticket so quite a few companies skip training all of their first aid people to use them.
Even if they are required to have the defibrillator on site they are only required to have a certain number of people present who are qualified. I am would have to go look up the number to be more specific about that.

It was a good article. Her heart was not beating for a long time. Her getting kick started and recovering without serious brain damage is quite remarkable.

Edit:
I am a bit embarrassed now.
I looked in the Alberta OHSA regs and didn't see any requirement for AED.
Not even on remote site employing more than 200 people.
It might not be in the regulation or I maybe I am just not reading the list right.
Where I do see them the most is in offices and public buildings that have large numbers of people like malls and colleges. They have become quite common there.

They are not usually considered part of a mobile kit because they like plugging them in to keep the batteries charged.

Getting the certificate is still good. If you ask the safety officer he will be able to tell you if they supply them on your site.

Time for a new thread: Please see AED Questions coming soon.

Thanks for posting this - should be forwarded far and wide.

Interesting. I caught the tail end of Larry King Live on TV last week and Dr. Sanjay Gupta from CNN and the actor Matthew McConaughey were demonstrating compression-only CPR. I didn't see the first part so I don't know how the topic was introduced, but I don't think it had anything to do with this story.

Remember the continuous compression results are for cardiac arrest (heart attack) - this assumes the person had been breathing normally upto the attack and so the blood is well oxygenated.

It's not necessarily true for somebody whose heart has stopped because of lack of air (respiratory arrest)
eg. drowning, avalanche victims, smoke inhalation etc. Where you probably do need EAR (mouth-mouth).

Still doing anything is better than doing nothing!

I have to take my medical ACLS course this month and am reviewing the materials and drugs. Right now the provider course for ACLS still lists 2 breaths after about 2 minutes of CPR, provided 10 seconds max is used. The goal seems to be to minimize CPR interruptions.

Eric