Skye completed a Wilderness First Aid course last week.
We had a discussion with Austin, after watching a video of a swimmer being dramatically rescued in Australia. This video shows an excellent example of agonal breathing, a muscular reflex that looks like breathing, but isn't.
Austin's observation of CPR, is that perhaps the quick, short breaths maximize the oxygen content of the out-breaths. His theory was that, if the air doesn't spend enough time in the lungs, it is less likely to be converted to carbon dioxide, so the air going into the patient will be oxygen-rich.
Skye also had a recent discussion with Austin, about First Aid. Skye noticed that Austin occasionally shows an interest in anatomy. More from Skye, later ...
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