[Noisebridge-discuss] Extremely sketchy event w/ bikes just now

[Ken M. Haggerty]

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.

Found an article:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23884566/ns/health-heart_health/t/no-mouth-to-mouth-required-new-cpr-rules/

Here is the American Heart Association page:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/Hands-Only-CPR_UCM_440559_SubHomePage.jsp

The right tempo for chest compression is "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees
(104 bpm).

-Ken


On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty <gopiballava at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 11:54, Drew McDermott <drewmcdermott2002 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> CPR breaks your ribs, has a very low success rate, and even when
> successful, your quality
> of life post-successful-CPR is horrible.
>
> <snip>
>
> Here's more info:
>
>
> The survey presented is specifically:
> "Preferences of physician-participants for treatment given a scenario of
> irreversible brain injury without terminal illness"
>
> That survey result isn't a surprise and is fairly reasonable.
>
> Aren't the outcomes for younger people without significant prior medical
> problems a lot better than average?
>
> 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.
>
> http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/more-on-cpr-for-the-elderly/
>
>
>
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