Originally Posted by
BEagle
A plastic tube and a squeezy bag....
Would some rudimentary surgery to a drop down oxy mask system provide the necessary components?
The recussitation kit my airline carries uses the portable oxygen system. A mask with a valve is attachted to the bottle regulator. Place the mask on the victims face, press the button to inflate.
However, if the heart has stopped and can't be restarted, with CPR probable survival chance diminish to zero in about 25 minutes. So if you're giving CPR in flight, unless you can be on the ground, shut down and the paramedices with a defib kit on board in that time, it's probably curtains. Some long haul operators carry portable difibrulators, but perhaps short haul operators should consider it too.