RC 261022947Mo Flava
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Paramedic Owen Manheyer walks listeners through CPR basics and how adults differ from children, while callers share real stories of acting fast when a baby stopped breathing.
- 09:30
For adult cardiac arrest, chest compressions alone can be enough, since the problem is usually an electrical misfire in the heart; children usually need breaths as well, because oxygen loss stops their hearts.
- 09:57
Owen says chest compressions should run at roughly 100 to 120 a minute, close to a normal resting pulse, so the artificial pulse matches the body's own rhythm.
- 09:42
Caller Olive described how her month-old grandson stopped breathing; she gave mouth-to-mouth during the drive to hospital, and three doctors there worked on him and pulled him through.
- 09:31
Owen says CPR has no minimum age, with primary school pupils among trainees, and recommends accredited providers because the protocols keep changing under the South African Resuscitation Council.
- 11:20
Kumo asked whether to end a friendship after a friend used her as an alibi during a week-long disappearance, leading to a missing persons case and Kumo being moved out of res.