Precordial Thump

[mikie333]

What exactly is it? Why isn't it (or is it) avalible for BLS ?

Thanks!

[AZCEP43]

Check Google for the what.

The availability of controlled, higher energy delivering AED's have relegated it to not being needed very often.

[emtJon]

In general, it is only to be used for a witnessed cardiac arrest--witnessed in the sense that we see it happen on the monitor. For that reason, it is not something that could be considered a BLS skill. But, like AZCEP said, the greater availability of rapid defibrillation pretty much eliminates the need nowadays.

[almsfan21]

Yes, it is definetely not a BLS skill, according to what I've been taught...it is only to be used by ACLS certified...