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No mouth-to-mouth required in new CPR rules

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HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 p.m. EDT MONDAY. THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 4 p.m. EDT.In this photo released by Jared Hjelmstad, Hjelmstad, right, of Temecula, Calif., visits with Garth Goodall at Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, Calif. Wednesday, February 27, 2008, days after Goodall collapsed while working out at a health club. Hjelmstad used hands-only CPR to keep Goodall's blood circulating until paramedics arrived and took over. The American Heart Association on Monday, March 31, 2008, revised its CPR guidelines and said doing hands-only CPR _ without mouth-to-mouth breathing _ works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults. (AP Photo/ courtesy of Jared Hjelmstad)In a major change, the American Heart Association said that hands-only CPR — rapid, deep presses on the victim’s chest until help arrives — works just as well as standard CPR for most adults.


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