<div dir="ltr">The most recent thing I've read about CPR says that hands-only chest pumping is the only effective part of CPR; i.e., mouth-to-mouth resuscitation does very little.<div><br></div><div style>Found an article: <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23884566/ns/health-heart_health/t/no-mouth-to-mouth-required-new-cpr-rules/">http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23884566/ns/health-heart_health/t/no-mouth-to-mouth-required-new-cpr-rules/</a></div>

<div style><br></div><div style>Here is the American Heart Association page: <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/Hands-Only-CPR_UCM_440559_SubHomePage.jsp">http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/Hands-Only-CPR_UCM_440559_SubHomePage.jsp</a></div>

<div style><br></div><div style>The right tempo for chest compression is "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees (104 bpm).</div><div style><br></div><div style>-Ken</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gopiballava@gmail.com" target="_blank">gopiballava@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir="auto"><div class="im"><div><br></div><div>On Apr 13, 2013, at 11:54, Drew McDermott <<a href="mailto:drewmcdermott2002@gmail.com" target="_blank">drewmcdermott2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">

<div>CPR breaks your ribs, has a very low success rate, and even when successful, your quality</div><div>of life post-successful-CPR is horrible.</div></blockquote></div><span><snip></span><br><blockquote type="cite">

<div>Here's more info:</div></blockquote><div><br></div>The survey presented is specifically:<br><div><span>"</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Preferences of physician-participants for treatment given a scenario of irreversible brain injury without terminal illness"</span></div>

<div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">That survey result isn't a surprise and is fairly reasonable.</span></div>

<div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Aren't the outcomes for younger people without significant prior medical problems a lot better than average? </span></div>

<div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span>It is my understanding that quality of life post-CPR is related to pre-CPR quality of life. In other words, if you were otherwise healthy pre-CPR then your odds are pretty decent, but if you were in poor health beforehand then you're probably going to be in bad or worse shape.</span></div>

<div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/more-on-cpr-for-the-elderly/" target="_blank">http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/more-on-cpr-for-the-elderly/</a></span></div>

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