How to save a life without knowing CPR

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Yes, it's a wonderful thing to know and use CPR in an emergency such that an individual who might have otherwise died survives. But let's face it: few people know what to do and even fewer do it when push (on the chest, hard, 60 times a minute) comes to shove. So here's a tip that might well let you — uninformed, unschooled, and scared — help someone live: Bend down, pick up their feet, and hold their legs in the air waist-high. That's it.

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