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oe A fa a #5 AUER Sv Ts ~ Procedure may save lives "of heart attack victims It is estimated that more ,. than half of all heart attack victims are dead' before they reach a hospital. However, if a heart attack victim receives a relatively simply medical : procedure known as. cardiopulminary & ¢ resuscitation (CPR) within the first crucial minutes after the attack, the chanc- es of survival are increased. Last week at Latcham Centre in Port Perry, medi- cal and para-medical per- sonnel from Port Perry and Uxbridge took - a two-day course in CPR techniques under the instruction of Mr. Phil Henry, director. of first to-mouth breaths after each 15 compressions. If two "3 persons knowledgeable in I CPR are attempting to re- vive the victim, the ratio of compressions to breaths is .5:1 and the rate of compres- sions is 60 per minute. Those taking the course at Latcham Centre last week practised on a dummy doll called "Ressusci Anne" which is wired electroni- cally. If the chest compre- ssions are not applied in exactly the right area, or in the correct 'manner, a red light flashes to indicate the error. After the full pro- cedure of chest compres- taken in Seattle, a city with about -the same population ~ as Toronto. If the same kind of public education was undertaken in Toronto, it is estimated that up to 300 lives each year might be saved. The technique of CPR can be applied to heart attack, drowning and electrocution victims, or any person , Whose heart and breathing 'have ceased. To have any chance of reviving a victim, however, it must be applied within the first five or.six minutes. Ms. Connie Jamieson, of aid services, Toronto Cen- tral Branch of the Canadian Red Cross. Port Perry Hospital, one of 11 persons who took the course last week, explained , sions and breaths has been completed, an electronic print-out is provided which ¢ This course in CPR, de- the procedure involved. Ifa shows if any procedural veloped by the Ontario victim has no pulse and is errors have been made. Heart Foundation, is the not breathing, four quick In order to pass the only one of its kind recog- mouth-to-mouth inhalations course, the procedure must nized by the Canadian Medi- should be given followed by be completed perfectly, cal Association, At the pre- 15 compressions on the along with a grade of 84 on sent time it is being offered victim's chest within ten a written test. Those who to medical and other seconds. The compressions took the course at Latcham ¥ emergency personnel such are continued ata rate of 80 Centre completed it suc- as police, ambulance driv- per minute, with two mouth- cessfully. ers and firemen across the , province, Some time next 'year, the course is expected b to be offered to the general Remem er When ? 4 Public. continued Women employees of In talking about CPR last ed to a fire on Bigelow the H.W. Gossard Co. week, Mr. Henry stréssed Street where an old barn Limited (operated - at that although the techniques on the property owned by Town Hall 1873) are on have proven successful in Mr. Herman Midgley strike for higher wages. some cases, it is not to be was completely destroy- This is the first time a taken as some kind of by fire. strike has ever been a magic cure for all heart Progressive -Conserva- organized in Port Perry. attack victims. tive candidate Dr. M.B. Former Lt. 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