"We could tell the heart was still beating … but the chest wasn't moving at all. I didn't want to lose this bear because I wanted to get a radio collar on it, so I started doing chest compressions on the bear to try to get air in and out of the lungs," Van Spengen told CBC Radio's B.C. Almanac on Tuesday .
While he said he did consider mouth-to-mouth breathing, another component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Van Spengen jokingly said, "[Bears] usually don't carry breath mints."
I am about to venture into Canada myself in a week with 5 other dudes (no homo) and the crazy thing about it is that we are actually bringing a bear with us. Well technically he isn't a real bear but he comes as close as you can get. If he were to take a fall from a tree and his little heart stopped ticking I would surely pound on his chest for a little bit to get him going again. Mouth to mouth? I don't know, I mean I'm not homophobic but that walks the thin line of being gay. Save a friends life vs. getting razzed by my buddies for eternity? I can't decide. Also it seems a little risky getting that close, what if he wakes up and fights me like he did to Rocky. We'll see what happens.
Shout out to TheDiva for finding this one.
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