Did you ever being revived by someone with CPR before?
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I have plenty of CPR's, there is no cause, some life threatning conditions require CPR as a hope of survival. Condition of such patients is indeed critical otherwise they would not require CPR. It is a very scary thing to see, I am sure doesn't feel good to see the light on the other side. Good luck
39434
In the hospital when a patient is not breathing or even having a heartbeat, they call a "code blue".  The medical staff is trained in how to respond, which includes the first person on the scene, to all the nurses, Drs in the hospital.. etc.  At every nursing station there is a "crash cart".  It has emergency supplies for restarting the patient's heartbeat, breathing, etc.  Including the electric paddles you see in all the TV shows.  Of course, the key is to get them revived and stablized enough to move to intensive care or wherever they need to go.  \n\nI was a nurse's aide in a hospital and called a code when I was just 17. It was the fastest thing I've ever seen.  Came in to bring the patient fresh water and found him not breathing. Used the bedside phone to call the nurse's station. I did the initial chest compressions while a nurse did mouth to mouth.. and then stepped out of the way when more qualified people arrived.  And... btw... the patient lived!
83971
I believe the first cpr practice dummy was invented by a doctor from Finland
40800
Yep I do. One day I felt someone tap my shoulder so I turned around but when I did no-one was to be seen. So the next day I found out one of my good friends mother had died in a car accident. I asked some-one when she had died and it was the same time I felt the tap.
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I have had it happen to me a couple of times.\n\nThe most memorable was when I was 17, staying home alone from work with a flu and really bad fever. I knew I was in trouble, and got up from the couch to go to the bathroom to get a wet washcloth to cool my forehead, and the Tylenol to take. Halfway there, I looked down, and thought, "well, I'm going to have trouble getting this stuff if I don't have real hands." I then realized I couldn't see my hands or feet, turned around, and still saw myself lying on the couch while I was standing in the middle of the living room. I knew at that point that I had a choice. I looked out the door, and back at my body. I thought about my situation, and enjoyed looking around, guiding my floating a bit through thought, and having rather deep thoughts about how fun death seemed. But then I thought "What about Mom? I can't do this to my family....and there's other stuff for me to do first." After a few seconds, I decided to go back, even though being out-of-body certainly seemed fun. I just wasn't ready not to be alive. As soon as I made the decision, I took a few steps toward my body, and then "snapped" back and was inside. I was not breathing and my heart wasn't beating, and it was the most awful feeling I've ever experienced. I sent a powerful thought to my heart "Beat, d--- you!!!" and after a couple more seconds it finally went "lub..... dub....lub..dub...lubdub...." The second most awful thing was that my chest wasn't reflexively breathing by then...I then had to force that first breath. Anoxia is agonizing. The muscles didn't want to move at first, and then finally they did, and the air seared my lungs. After thrashing around for a bit until the pain reduced, I got up WITH my body and got the Tylenol and the wet washcloth. I took my temperature.... 104! I took three Tylenol instead of two, and forced myself into a cool water bath..brrrrrr.\n\nI've had other OBE's, but that one is the easiest to describe, and the only one during serious illness (which is more easy for those who have not experienced one to relate to). I found that it generally takes serious stress to the body for it to happen for me (anaphylaxic allergic reactions to various medications or ant stings, long-term severe anxiety due to life crises, etc.), and I don't seek out the experience...it is too dangerous as I still want to live (I'm a mom, teacher, and just have too much going on to leave it now). \n\nOn the other hand, having this and the other OBE's has resulted in my NOT fearing death. I hate and am terrified of pain... but death? I don't WANT to die...but I also am not afraid of it. Just like I don't want to spend so much on gas...but I'm not afraid of the gas pump...lol!\n\nIt also has brought me into a deeper relationship with G-d. I have no question that G-d exists (things that happened in other OBE's that I can't describe here...too personal), and I feel nothing but love and awe for the Creator. I am Jewish, but I also am fully aware of all our different faiths as just different ways for us to "look" at the same thing given our physical and mental limitations. I enjoy the philosophy, particular view of G-d, and rituals of Judaism, not to mention that it is my family's heritage. However, the religion itself is not important except to building your spiritual comfort, sense of community in G-d, and a framework for personal reflection...the relationships between your heart and G-d, and your deeds and your fellow humans, are what are important when everything is said and done.
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Yes, three times, and I appreciated the dispacter each time!!\n\n.. I live in a very rural area, it was winter, all 3 of my babies were home, my youngest being only 6 months old, babysitting another 3 month old for a girlfriend. Snow was on the ground pretty thick, front door was chain locked, and I thought manually locked too. Someone opened the door from the outside, saw the chain then closed the door again, I couldn't believe what I saw, so I went to my window to look out... no one there, no cars in my drive other than mine, I freaked, called 911, and began to speed read my situation over the phone, had to repeat it twice since the adrenalin rush of panic had taken over,  then a few minutes after giving my address and telling all the kids to be quiet like mice, and checking to make sure the back door was locked, I peeking out the front window again and again, the dispatch was very calming even though my heart was racing. Then I heard my garage door close, and as I was peeking out I saw my husband, he slid the car into the ditch up the road and had walked back.  I don't know how the dispatch ever understood a word of what I said, since I have the habit of talking fast anyway, but his patience and calm helped me, and his understanding of my husband being my break in, which I yelled about (I think while I was on the phone with him, for my husnband to "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN",) he made absolutely certain I was sure it was my husband before hanging up.. I thought he must have had a good chuckle over that one later.. I know my girlfriends did since they called me about a 8 times pretending to be a 911 operator asking me if I was certain my husband was not an intruder!
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It depends on where CPR take place. \nIf it is happening outside of hospital, it's impossible to get 100% oxygen. \nAnd if a person breathes 100% oxygen for long time,it can damage your body. \nAnd under some situations, you need to give low oxygen concentration to keep patient alive, e.g., in some chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) patients., high concentratin oxygen can kill them.\n{Carbon dioxide in the air can help to stimulate the respiratory center of the brain (which is life saving for some COPD patients). Because they have low blood oxygen for long term,so their respiratory control center in the brain no longer react (to stimulate breathing) to low blood oxygen. Only increase in the blood carbondioxide can stimulate their respiratory control center.}\nSo,100% oxygen is not the best for all.
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u should be able to do cpr with clothing on the victim, however if the clothing does interfere with CPR then it is okay. for a female victim, it would be neccesary to ask bystanders to step back if u r about to bare her chest.  RN
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No. Not at all.\n\nSnopes.com have debunked this one pretty thoroughly. Here is an extract (click on the link below to read the whole thing)...\n\n\nDr. Richard O. Cummins, Seattle's director of emergency cardiac care, explains that cough CPR raises the pressure in the chest just enough to maintain some circulation of oxygen-containing blood and help enough get to the brain to maintain consciousness for a prolonged period. But cough CPR should be used only by a person about to lose consciousness, an indication of cardiac arrest, he cautions. It can be dangerous for someone having a heart attack that does not result in cardiac arrest. Such a person should call for help and then sit quietly until help arrives, he says.\n\nIn other words, the procedure might be the right thing to attempt or it might be the very thing that would kill the afflicted depending on which sort of cardiac crisis is being experienced. Without a doctor there to judge the situation and, if cough CPR is indicated, to supervise the rhythmic coughing, the procedure is just far too risky for a layman to attempt.\n\nForget about coughing — key to surviving a heart attack is obtaining proper medical assistance within a very limited window of opportunity. Once an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been diagnosed, speedy injection of thrombolytic agents to dissolve clots is of the utmost importance — the more quickly those drugs are delivered, the better the chances of survival are. It's a race against the clock.\n\nMost patients who present with minor chest pains usually look healthy and show no signs of a heart attack. Electrocardiogram (ECG) results tell the story though, so be sure to insist upon one being performed if you've any doubts at all. Often mild heart attacks are left untreated and undetected because hospital staff mistake a heart attack for something more benign because the presenting symptoms are minor.\n\nRather than risk killing yourself with cough CPR, those experiencing a heart attack should heed the advice of physicians the world over — down a couple of Aspirin as an emergency remedy. Doctors believe that during the early stages of a heart attack, Aspirin — which is known to prevent blood platelets from sticking together — can prevent a clot from getting bigger. In 1991 Dr. Michael Vance, president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, recommended that people who think they are having a heart attack should "Call 911, then take an Aspirin."
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yes.\nIf you get your heart rate elevated.
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I know this is prob not the answer you are looking for.  I have been a CPR instructor for almost ten years now.  I keep up with journals from the American heart assoc. and the American health and safety inst. (just kidding about ashi all they do is copy aha, but i digress)  I have not heard, read, or seen anything about a 200 compression CPR.  i have heard studies about no rescue breaths, compression only CPR and it was found to be to existing for the rescuer.  the new standard is 30 compressions to 2 breaths.  This was found to be optimal in maintaining oxygenation of the blood ( the whole reason you are doing CPR)\n\nhope this was some sort of help..\n\naddendum,  200compression is continuous compression CPR or ccc.  it is being used in some parts of the country.  Normally it is in correlation with a commercial chest compression device (thumper) that mechanically does the chest compressions for you.  I will add more findings as my wife allows me on the pouter.
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I work for a college that offers lots of medical training nursing, ems, etc.  All of our students have to have CPR training before entering the program.  We have over 2,000 new students a semester that need this!!  \nSo contact local colleges that train nurses, etc...also local amublance companies because they are constantly having to renew their CPR.  Make flyers and get it out there.\n\nHospital tend to do it themselves but it doesn't hurt asking...even small Dr's offices.
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Yes.  Technically, you only need to suck water into your lungs to drown.  Since doing so usually causes death almost instantly, very few people survive the ordeal.  \n\nThat said, though, if someone is able to force the water out of your lungs and revive you, then you drowned and lived to talk about it.
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Yes- I witnessed a pedestrian get hit by a car - people just stared at me for a minute - I knew first aid so I was barking orders for someone to PLEASE call 9-1-1.  Finally someone re-focused and rad to a nearby plaza to call.  Luckily an off duty paramedic drove by and stopped to take over.  I was relieved because the man appeared to be going into shock on me and I wasn't confident that I really knew what I was doing!
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Yea... I died 3 times...total crashes in a hospital.  O2 sats to 0,  coma, 3 years to get up again.No O2, no heart beat, no nothing. Myabe some random firings of neurons in the dying brain, stimulating memory cells. No, there is no out of body experience after death, only those memories coming back fuzzily and random
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I was having congestion problems really bad, runny nose, weak, hard to breathe, and it was the week before Christmas.  I knew if I waited to see if I would get better I would be in trouble, because most of the family doctors would be on vacation.  Ha, they all were anyway.  And I ended up at an emergency clinic.\n\nI didn't know it, but I had pneumonia.  I'm asthmatic, anyway, and know how to breathe when my lungs tighten.  So I was reading, waiting for my turn, and suddenly I realized I couldn't breathe at all.  Not an asthmatic attack, just no air coming in.\n\nI walked up to the receptionist.  I told her I couldn't breathe, passed out, and on the way down I heard some jerk on the list before me with a twisted ankle belly aching, "What some people won't try to get ahead of someone else."\n\nThe receptionist just stood there, a nurse came out to see what caused the commotion, ran and came back with a doctor.  He straightened me on the floor and the nurse came back with an oxygen tube.  The receptionist was still standing there, holding her PEOPLE magazine, and the doctor screamed at her to call an ambulance, they didn't have the equipment to save me.  And she stood there.  He told her again to call an ambulance, and she walked away toward the phone, no urgency at all, and it was then, when I was angry with her, that I realized I was watching all this from outside my body.  I was standing at my own head watching the doctor trying to resuscitate me and the nurse was very urgent, and starting to cry.\n\nThen I was sucked into this blue light.  I couldn't see anything anymore, but I could hear voices.  Someone I understood to be my guardian said I was in holding, that I could either go with him, or go back.  I figured I was already dead, anyway, and thought I would just go, but he asked me what would happen to my dog if I went.\n\nI didn't live with my parents, I rented a house.  But even though Trinket was in my will and I had a guardian for her, my parents had told me if anything happened to me, she was going to the pound, that they wouldn't even take her to a humane society.  I had rescued Trinket from a shelter's death row, she was a senior canine, and the thought of her going in the animal control truck to be killed, and her knowing where she was going when she was within earshot of the pound was enough to bring me back into my body.\n\nI still couldn't breathe, but now I fought for the oxygen, and I finally managed a sip from the tube.  I was seeing the doctor from my own eyes again.\n\nHe later told me I was his Christmas miracle, that my skin had turned bluer than my eyes, that if my heart hadn't been strong, I would have died.
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I tink this happens with many many a person. I have heard of so so many people getting saved because they are dying...