Re:A 'natural death' may be preferable for many than endurin...
by samtho on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:03PM
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The value of CPR by is rarely derived from successful resuscitation. In most cases, the person performing CPR is someone who was trained briefly on chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth which to be performed until a EMT arrives or an AED becomes available. The purpose of this procedure is to get some, however small, bit of oxygen into the patient to prevent brain damage.
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Re:A 'natural death' may be preferable for many than endurin...
by riceart on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:36PM
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> The value of CPR by is rarely derived from successful resuscitation.
This isn't even what I'm talking about, but it also isn't strictly true either. End result does matter. These influence how we write the guidelines about the chain of survival.
> The purpose of this procedure is to get some, however small, bit of oxygen into the patient to prevent brain damage.
CPR is indicated for cardiovascular and pulmonary arrest. It is not uncommon at all that bystander CPR is provided to those experiencing neither. Senior citizens that come in with the EMT reporting bystander CPR though noted to be fully awake and alert, no EKG changes and a non-existent troponin. The chances that they had a true arrest are vaningishly small.