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jersey_girl660 t1_ixy1teo wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in OD terribly handled at the Filmore Philly, and I need to vent by [deleted]

You should always be doing rescue breaths as well for opiod ods

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Chompondees t1_ixymib9 wrote

Yea the problem is... nobody knows what anybody ODs on. Even in the ER, after drug testing... we still have no way of knowing.

and chest compressions are the only thing that has ever been shown to improve survival, so wasting time trying to give "rescue breaths" (which zero people, including EMTs, do correctly) is detrimental to survival.

chest compressions->transport to hospital

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[deleted] OP t1_ixy20jx wrote

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jersey_girl660 t1_ixy29lo wrote

You still did the right thing. They still sometime teach this opiod ods. It’s absolutely better then doing nothing. Idk why a venue would think it’s better to have no one work on an overdose then someone until emts arrive . Sad.

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Chompondees t1_ixymkfy wrote

well no, if they have no pulse, that is the primary issue.... regardless of what drug they might have taken

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