Why don't they use smelling salts anymore?!


Question:

Why don't they use smelling salts anymore?

I've been watching a lot of 'old time' movies lately that involved someone passing out and someone reviving them with smelling salts. I'm just curious why they don't use them anymore.


Answers:

They may not use them in the movies...but they do keep them on ambulances and in ER's. They have thier rare application, but they have been replaced as the first thing to do by the ABC'c (airway, breathing, circulation) of Basic Life Support...Is the airway obstructed? Are they breathing? Do they have a pulse? People just don't "faint" anymore. When they fall out, they fall out!!!




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