Tourism in Greece traces its roots to the ancient times. Cultural exchange took place between the Greek colonies of Magna Graeca and the young Roman Republic before Rome's rise to dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
âGasping is an indication that the brain is still alive and it tells you that if you start and continue uninterrupted chest compressions, the person has a high chance of surviving. The challenge is to educate bystanders that if they are helping someone in cardiac arrest, not to mistake gasping for breathing.
Therefore the airways and lungs have to be cleared of fluid and mucus to enable the baby to take its first breath. So this slapping or spanking of babies that was done in the old days was done not only to clear the air ways but also to stimulate a baby to cry.