I assume by helping normalize them into the mental model of “CPR patient” which overrides all other aspects of social propriety. “Don’t touch boobs without permission” is a big rule so plenty of people are going to have to manually override it in the decision making if you haven’t been desensitized to the fact that some CPR patients have them.
I also suspect that the awkwardness of what to do with them while doing chest compressions is helpful, especially ones big enough to move around as you do them.
People can hesitate because… boobs. And that hesitation can be deadly.
It’s common enough that The Pitt even had this happen to a patient.
The Pitt? The TV show?
Yes, and it’s a great scene.
No, Brad Pitt.
How do dummies with boobs help people concerned about touching unconscious women’s chests
I assume by helping normalize them into the mental model of “CPR patient” which overrides all other aspects of social propriety. “Don’t touch boobs without permission” is a big rule so plenty of people are going to have to manually override it in the decision making if you haven’t been desensitized to the fact that some CPR patients have them.
I also suspect that the awkwardness of what to do with them while doing chest compressions is helpful, especially ones big enough to move around as you do them.
I declined Heimlich practice because my training partner was a particularly large chested female. I was about 23 and her crew leader. She was prob 22.
Nope!
Why? You don’t even touch their boobs or chest?
It would have been difficult not to in this case. And it was in front of a whole bunch of people. I was young and uncomfortable with it. She was too.
“Comfort is more important than safety” is a mindset that gets a lot of people killed.
Understood.