We saved a family members life with it.
As usual the fast finger freepers that have not read the story, jump at the chance of slamming the writer.
Her primary input though is that to each their own, and let your family know what you want. And her focus is on the very sick and elderly that are hospitalized. However, under other circumstances in public, etc, the doctor imply s that you obviously have little or no control over what well meaning , and or first responder personnel will do, or not do, and outcomes of that.
Which as she says is it is important for persons to ensure that family and hospitals have DNR documentation when you are admitted as a patient.
In a hospital, they should have had a crash cart with a defibrillator.
If those can’t do it, I understand, but hospitals have to give it a try.
CPR or something akin to it seems to work on would-be drowning victims fairly often, at least often enough to try. According to this ghoul doctor, we should just let drowning people sink, I suppose. What is wrong with the medical profession? And this woman is a cancer surgeon? I mean, the way she looks at things, why bother? Even with cardiac arrest of heart attack victims outside of the hospital, some succes has been seen with cooling the head to limit brain damage. Instead of throwing up our hands and saying it’s all futile, how about working hard to find better solutions?
It worked on me. I still buy the nurse that did it on me, drinks whenever I see her.
Down time matters.
But yeah, it doesn’t work more often than it does.
Really depends on what the reason for CPR, and if it’s cardiac, where did the heart damage occur.
There really is a Left Side Artery widow maker……..