Posted By Descarte Contact your local St John's / St Andrews association, I am a member with the later and seem to remember that its a toss up between being able to tell if they do have circulation when they may not have ie. they could twitch, blink, move, have colour and have no circulation but you may think they have cirulation if not trained to test for a pulse, give breaths only when they need compressions too. I am not 100% sure but the the risk of giving compressions to someone with circulation are probably not as high as not giving compressions to someone who has no circulation as the oxygen from your breaths would not be travelling around the body. As I say get clarification from St John's / Andrews. And then let me know too ;) though I will check at our next meeting which is tomorrow anyway

Posted By Clairey O I am an Community First Responder and First Aid trainer amongst many other things - and I can confirm what you have been told is correct. Follow the link that kevin has advised for more information. I would also add that you should not use the new protocols until you have been suitably trained in them.