To all you would-be good Samaritans out there: if someone looks like they're in need of mouth-to-mouth, but you don't have
CPR training, call emergency services and they will guide you through it. Odds are, it won't hurt. That's according to a study published online in the journal
Circulation. Study co-author Thomas Rea of King County's emergency services division said the survey came about because of an observation that bystanders were not performing CPR as frequently as they could have. "There's reticence and fear on the part of the bystander - and the dispatcher - that they may cause injury to the victim," Rea said in an interview - LA Times
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