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the problem is photobucket sucks.
edit: Ok… normally the problem is with photobucket, but it appears that ben broke something…
Interesting stuff I learned getting my american heart association cpr cert. From what i was told, both the amh and the red cross no longer recommend taking off the helmet and recommend going straight to compression. Even without a helmet, if you’re uncomfortable with doing the breathing on someone who isn’t breathing (like a visible herpes outbreak…
) to at least start and do compression. they say there’s enough fresh oxygen in the body to last out the response time of a emergency call. Either way, everything’s pretty much a judgement call. In cali, a few things to remember. An unconcious person, there’s an implicit request for aid. Like stated above, if you start giving care, you are legally required to keep providing aid until properly relieved or until you can’t physically continue. You are not covered under the good samaritan law if you go beyond the scope of whatever training/certification you have. So in the trapped in the car scenario, unless the car is on fire or some other immediate need, unless you’re trained for getting people out of wrecked vehicles or moving injured people, don’t do it. If the victim suffers further injury, you can be held liable for those injuries. Oh and for doing proper chest compression, I was told, if you don’t hear any cracking/breaking of ribs, you’re doing it wrong… hahaha… ok… we’re like opposite twins then… I was looking between an R1 and nothing… glad my buddy talked me down to the sv650…
) to at least start and do compression. they say there’s enough fresh oxygen in the body to last out the response time of a emergency call. Either way, everything’s pretty much a judgement call. In cali, a few things to remember. An unconcious person, there’s an implicit request for aid. Like stated above, if you start giving care, you are legally required to keep providing aid until properly relieved or until you can’t physically continue. You are not covered under the good samaritan law if you go beyond the scope of whatever training/certification you have. So in the trapped in the car scenario, unless the car is on fire or some other immediate need, unless you’re trained for getting people out of wrecked vehicles or moving injured people, don’t do it. If the victim suffers further injury, you can be held liable for those injuries. Oh and for doing proper chest compression, I was told, if you don’t hear any cracking/breaking of ribs, you’re doing it wrong… 
