http://defibrillatorsolutions.com/aed-blog/2009/12/why-can-you-not-use-your-elbow-for-cpr-is-there-other-alternatives-than-using-the-base-of-your-palm/ Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Blog - Training, Success Stories and more... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://defibrillatorsolutions.com/aed-blog/2009/12/why-can-you-not-use-your-elbow-for-cpr-is-there-other-alternatives-than-using-the-base-of-your-palm/comment-page-1/#comment-7727 Michael M Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:12:31 +0000 http://defibrillatorsolutions.com/aed-blog/2009/12/why-can-you-not-use-your-elbow-for-cpr-is-there-other-alternatives-than-using-the-base-of-your-palm/#comment-7727 with the palm, you spread out the force of your compressions and can better controll how deep you compress the site. With the elbow the surface area is lessser than the palm and the chance of breaking a rib is alot higher. If you are certified in cpr, use what you were taught, if you don't you can be considered negligible and sued with the palm, you spread out the force of your compressions and can better controll how deep you compress the site. With the elbow the surface area is lessser than the palm and the chance of breaking a rib is alot higher. If you are certified in cpr, use what you were taught, if you don’t you can be considered negligible and sued

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