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Re:25-year-old lived for more than a year without a heart by davycro on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @05:46AM (#11861092)
How do you perform CPR on a person with an LVAD? Plug the device in.
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Re:25-year-old lived for more than a year without a heart by davycro on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @08:24AM (#11861700)
I'm not being snarky. I saw several patients with LVADs on my cardiology rotation in medical school. As far as I know they are the only patients exempt from CPR if they have a cardiac arrest, although device failure should be the only reason for this.
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