A McMaster University team is teaching hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to individuals around the world who are unwilling, untrained or cannot perform full CPR. CPR Global's supervisor Dr. Tapas Mondal says hands-only CPR is commonly used by bystanders when they witness a sudden collapse of an adult in public. The hands-only CPR procedure — which is just as effective as traditional CPR — consists of four steps and can help save lives until the ambulance arrives. (CPR Global/Youtube)Mondal said CPR Global's goal is to give this knowledge, and change people's attitude. "Again a lot of immigrants who came to Canada some years ago don't even know what CPR training is and are now getting exposed to the concept, getting rid of the misconceptions of what bystander CPR training is and getting training in this."

Source: CBC News February 28, 2021 18:30 UTC