this Music Monday. >>> eve tannery: If someones heart stopped and they collapsed in front of you, would you do cpr on them? >> jaciel cordoba: As WFMZs Nancy Werteen explains in Life Lessons, many people answer no but doctors say they dont have to. >>Nancy: The medical community says theres now a simpler way to do cpr that they hope will encourage more people to learn it and then use it to save lives. >>Nats Josh with his daughter and her canine assistant) :02 >>nancy: from operating sophisticated medical equipment to training a specialized dog, caring for a daughter with cerebral palsy requires josh yakunich ( pronounced : yock uhnich) to be comfortable with some pretty complicated medical situations. yet for all hes learned, josh says hed forgotten one of the most basic ways to help in an emergency. >>: Josh Yakunich Took cpr class: i hadnt had any sort of cpr traing since i was in eighth grade, in health class, it had been a really long time. :06 / :23 >>nancy: and josh is not alone.while most are familiar with cpr, studies show 70percent feel helpless to act in an emergency either because they dont know cpr well enough or theyre afraid of hurting the victim.>> Dr. Ruchika Husa Ohio States Wexner Medical Center: Only 40percent of these get bystander CPR.So, people who are standing there, who witnessed the patient go down, they are not feeling comfortable to give cpr to these people. :10 / :45 >>nancy: so doctor rachika husa ( pronounced : roo chickuh HEWsuh) is out to help change that. a heart specialist, the doctor says many people remember older techniques.cpr used to require breathing into a patients mouth and that makes some people uneasy and reluctant.: >>nat sound: (Everyone kind of find the center of your chest there. :02 / 1:01 >>nancy: but on adults, thats no longer necessary.the guidelines have changed to a simpler, safer handsonly approach.:07 / 1:08 >>Dr.Husa Handsonly cpr essentially means that you forget about breathing into mouthtomouth resuscitation, and you focus on doing chest compressions on the patient. :10 / 1:18 >>nancy: even on patients who are pregnant and those with heart devices.simply put, it works. and the trick to getting more people to learn it and do it is to change the perception of cpr from this to this.:12 / 1:30 >>Dr. Husa: The chance of their survival is essentially zero percent without cpr. :03 / 1:33 So, people who are around them can really save their lives. >>nancy: and more people reportedly said they would try after learning this new approach. --- -- >>Nancy: But the doctor says hands only cpr is for teenagers and adults, children still
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