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An Insight into Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs)

Mind The Bleep

You may work with the police, fire service, helicopters, coastguard, and ambulance services, so interagency relationships are important. Each year a team usually reports CPR being delivered. On the severest end of the spectrum, polytrauma was encountered in 7%, and concerns over a spinal injury in 7%.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

factor than oral (which still suffers from the too-personal-contact-reluctance of the lay rescuer, as in “hands only CPR”), and to the more euphonious persuasion of “Mouth to Mouth” and “Kiss of Life.” At that time, too, it was felt that the cause, or —at least, the major focus of investigation, of Upper Airway Obstruction was the tongue.