CPR without M-to-M

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CPR, Without Mouth-to-Mouth
(MSNBC.com, 2010)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/38457826#38457826
The rules of CPR may be about to change. Two major studies are out today that question
the way millions of us learned to administer CPR in an emergency.
Now most experts all agree the most important thing to do is call 911 immediately. But it’s the
next part that’s in dispute. Today’s studies say (to) concentrate on those chest compressions.
And here’s the change: don’t concentrate on the mouth-to-mouth component. That is not the
way Red Cross teaches it -- at least not yet. They still teach mouth-to-mouth as part of CPR and,
well, the most important thing again is saving lives.
We asked our own Robert Bazell to walk us through it from Red Cross headquarters here in
New York.
Brian, millions of people are familiar with the Resusci Anne, the mannequin used to train for CPR.
The compressions are done in the middle of the chest; one hundred per minute.
The current guidelines say that after thirty compressions, you stop and give two breaths and then resume
the compressions.
But the studies out today say the compressions alone are just as good as compressions with breaths,
and surveys show that people are often reluctant to put their mouth on a stranger.
Current guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross say that people who
are not trained in CPR should do chest-only compressions. And the Heart Association’s reconsidering its
guidelines this November.
… Eight, nine, ten.
Meanwhile, everyone emphasizes that any CPR is better than none, and that if you haven’t, and you
possibly can, you should take a CPR class at your local Red Cross or Heart Association office -- because
you very well could save a life, Brian.
Bob Bazell, at the Red Cross here in New York. We want to let you know there’s more information about
these new CPR studies. It can get confusing, and in an attempt to clear it up, we’ve put it on our website
for you. That’s “nightly.msnbc.com.”
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Vocabulary
1. CPR
(= cardiopulmonary resuscitation) RCP
2. Mouth-to-mouth
bouche-à-bouche
3. may be about to change
pourraient être sur le point de changer
4. Two major studies are out
importantes … sont sorties
5. that question the way…
mettre en question, en doute la façon
6. an emergency
une urgence
7. call 911
faites le 15 (SAMU)
8. that is in dispute
qui est contestée
9. chest compressions
compressions thoraciques
10. component
aspet
11. here’s the change
voici ce qui change
12. the Red Cross
la Croix Rouge
13. to walk us through it
de nous l’expliquer
14. headquarters
siège
15. are familiar with
connaissent bien
16. the current guidelines
les directives données actuellement
17. give two breaths
faites deux insufflations
18. resume the compressions
reprendre les compressions
19. compressions alone
des compressions toutes seules
20. are reluctant to
sont réticents à
21. chest-only compressions
faire uniquement des compressions thoraciques
22. meanwhile
(ici) d’un autre côté
23. everyone emphasizes
tout le monde souligne que
24. any CPR
toute RCP
25. It can get confusing
on peut s’y perdre
26. in an attempt to clear it up
en essayant de clarifier, rendre plus clair