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pointed for that purpose. The results of observations and ex- 

 periments made by these commissions indicate that the Schafer 

 method, or the prone-pressure method as it is sometimes called, 

 is the simplest and most rehable. Special instruments (pul- 

 motors, lungmotors) have been devised for use in resuscitation 

 after drowning and other accidents, but they offer the difficulty 

 that some training is required to use them properly and, more- 

 over, they are not, as a rule, available for instant use, and in re- 

 suscitation the important matter is to apply artificial respiration 

 promptly. 



"Individuals who from accident or any other cause are in need 

 of artificial respiration should be given manual treatment by the 

 prone-pressure method immediately on the spot where they are 

 found. It is all important that this aid be rendered at once. The 

 delay incident to removal to a hospital or elsewhere may be fatal 

 and is justifiable only when there is no one at hand to give artificial 

 respiration. If compfications exist or arise which require hospital 

 treatment artificial respiration should be maintained in transit 

 and after arrival at the hospital until spontaneous respiration 

 begins."* 



* From the report of the Third Resuscitation Commission. 



