05-09-2011, 01:51 PM
Of course people like ex VP Dick Cheney technically have 'no pulse'... when they have a coronary assist device implanted.
But yeah, that's fricking amazing. A friend who is an EMT told us (Scouts meeting) that CPR brings patients back perhaps 15-25% of the time. And that the ones that do come back usually throw up on you shortly afterwards.
But hey... beats letting them die. I can personally attest to the effectiveness of defibrillators... having been restarted three times in the course of a day.
But yeah, that's fricking amazing. A friend who is an EMT told us (Scouts meeting) that CPR brings patients back perhaps 15-25% of the time. And that the ones that do come back usually throw up on you shortly afterwards.
But hey... beats letting them die. I can personally attest to the effectiveness of defibrillators... having been restarted three times in the course of a day.