The power of advertising v complainers...

[williamp]

Remember that TV add with Vinnie Jones teaching us CPR to the bee gees?

It was pulled after complaints, but the ASA said it was ok.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17666999

This is great news:

"The heart charity said it knew of 15 cases of people applying what they had learned from the advert with a positive outcome."

15 lives saved according to the British Heart foundation. Yet some compalined it "wasnt the proper technique"....

I do hope it saves many more lives

[freecar]

I agree with the complaints.

No check for respiration or heartbeat just start wailing on their chest.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Accidents-and-first-a...

If you look on the page in does mention that it is to be used when the heart has stopped, I don't remember Vinnie looking for that or mentioning it. This IMO is worthy of complaint.

[JonnyFive]

I partly agree with the comment about not checking breathing etc, then start assaulting the patient.. But, I don't agree with all of the other points.

[jingars]

Full length Vinnie Hands-Only CPR vid available on YouTube

Seems to have covered all the concerns raised? Perhaps there are shorter versions doing the rounds?

[Simpo Two]

I liked the advert but it was promoting a sub-optimal way to try to save lives. Whether that is better than nothing or simply poor advice is a moot point.

Is one supposed to encounter a recumbent form and think 'Well I don't fancy kissing them and he/she isn't very important to me so I'll try less-good Plan B instead'?

[Big Fat Fatty]

Those ads always made me chuckle.

If I were suffering from a heart attack and had stopped breathing I would gladly take a few bruises and a cracked rib were someone to save my life using that technique, I'd expect nothing less if Vinnie was doing it personally.

[DanDC5]

Big Fat Fatty said:

Those ads always made me chuckle.

If I were suffering from a heart attack and had stopped breathing I would gladly take a few bruises and a cracked rib were someone to save my life using that technique, I'd expect nothing less if Vinnie was doing it personally.

If it's done properly there is a good chance of ending up with a cracked rib. A mates Mrs is a paramedic and she's said before they've had a few people with cracked ribs after doing it. I've heard from someone else who does the same job before that amazingly the odd one actually complains about it!