actually i think now they are teaching that you shouldn't worry about the distinction because it confuses people and then they're less likely to do cpr and actually it doesn't really matter that much! same with rescue breathing!

but i would certainly trust you with my life after this post!
 

Which Doctor do you prefer? Nine or Ten?

I keep lurking around your blog seeing references to different tv-shows and largely ignoring them, till I find myself watching and loving them despite the fact that I'm convinced that I won't. In chronological order these have been: Firefly, Veronica Mars and Doctor Who. All full of awesomeness.

I should just surrender now and watch whatever you are watching.
 

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(This is actually an edited version of the above deleted comment, because I realized it was a bit unclear).

Actually, in the CPR course that I took just before Christmas, the Canadian Red Cross now says that it's 30-2 across the board--meaning that it's thirty compressions, then two breaths, whether they're adult or child. They simplified a lot of other stuff, too (like moving straight to compressions and rescue breathing instead of checking for a pulse, because apparently if they're not breathing they're soon not going to have a beating heart, too--but I'm sure that if an author wrote that into the story, most readers would think that's actually wrong, not realizing...).

Might be different not-in-Canada though, I guess--but that just goes to show that different countries have different standards. I suppose authors should be aware of the standards of wherever they happen to set their stories.

Uhh, sorry for the random comment. Ran across this while Googling stuff on the Dresden Files...
 

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