I am trained in CPR as i am a lifeguard, i have to do it every other week on the dummies to keep up to date in case i need to use it.

Personally i would not hesitate to help and use CPR on someone as i have confidence in myself and know what i am doing.

I believe people wont do it for the fear of being sued although i have the same understanding of it as flatface in the fact that it is classed as a rescue attempt.

Im not so sure on the video. I think it is good as it will hopefully allow people to help a bit more although in my opinion and how i have always done it with my training the positioning of the hands appears rather high. even in the video above they look further down than on the staying alive video. anyone elses views on this ??

Also i think they have said about just compressions because yes people wont be as afraid to just use that but also there will be oxygen still in the lungs and in the blood as it will stop being sent to the extremities, this means that if you can keep the blood circulating to the brain and keep it flowing to the vital organs there is a higher chance of survival ?? Im just going on what may be the reason here taking my anatomy and physiology knowlegde and applying it. I dont know if people will agree.