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I'm disappointed that all the discussion seems to be operating at a non-quantitative level. ("If there's any chance, we have to try" against "If circulation ca
by jessriedel 6y ago
I'm disappointed that all the discussion seems to be operating at a non-quantitative level. ("If there's any chance, we have to try" against "If circulation can't be reestablished on scene, there's essentially no hope".) Presumably there are academic article that make an attempt at this.
- schwartzworld 6y agoPeople overestimate the efficacy of CPR because they see people in the movies come back to life after 4 chest compressions and a second of mouth-to-mouth. I wonder if that is the sort of thing driving the discussion
- ajknvf 6y agoThat's likely part of it. Unwitnessed cardiac arrests and those where no electrical activity is present in the heart are pretty rare to get back. Cold temperature and submersion in water are two neat caveats though. They can be viable a lot longer, in part due to the Diving reflex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_reflex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_reflex
- jessriedel 6y agoI've spent some time in hospitals and I don't overestimate the <1% efficacy, but I'm still frustrated by the innumeracy of the discussion. There are biases in the other direction: medical professionals who watch 100 people die for every 1 saved become desensitized to death and round that to zero. They're not economists, and they don't understand the statistical value of life implies it's worth spending $20,000 for just a 0.3% of survival.