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CPR's are not very effective. A large number of doctors do not want CPRs to be done on them. http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2013/jan/15/bitter-end/

• jeremyjh 14y ago
  If you go read the abstract of the study cited, you should note that the mean age of the physicians interviewed was 68. I think hospitals do a lot of unnecessary CPR if the wishes of the patient are not known. If someone expires after a long illness or after a very difficult surgery there is little and less chance that perfunctory CPR will be helpful. There is a lot of difference for a relatively fit person who collapses on a treadmill. The odds are stacked against them but its not nearly so futile.
• sskates 14y ago
  The study asked about "preferences of physician-participants for treatment given a scenario of irreversible brain injury without terminal illness", which is a very different scenario than randomly having a heart attack when you're 50 and otherwise in okay health.
  • kingkawn 14y ago
    Random heart attacks in people who are otherwise in ok health are not common. http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm