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The real point of CPR is to bridge their life while you rush to get them an AED. Without the AED the chance of their heart restarting permanently is vanishingly
by williamDafoe 3y ago
The real point of CPR is to bridge their life while you rush to get them an AED. Without the AED the chance of their heart restarting permanently is vanishingly low ... Last few times I had first responder training it was said to be less than 15% chance of survival for a patient given CPR, and you'll only hear about this if you ask.
The last time I had first responder training the guy sitting next to me was drowned by a surfing accident but it was his great fortune that on shore there was a national expert giving rapid water rescue training and they had this guy out of the water and his heart restarted in 5 minutes. So that is why he was taking first responder training himself!
- User23 3y agoThumpversion sometimes works too. Interestingly it was also invented by Dr. Bernard Lown, who is best known for inventing the DC defibrillator.
- robbiep 3y agoIt almost never works, unless you are seeing a witnessed cardiac arrest and know how to administer. That is the right ‘indication’ for a précordial thump, but the success rate is still terrible.