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Tuesday, April 06, 2004The researchers, led by Dr. Tom P. Aufderheide of the Medical College of Wisconsin, observed paramedics in Milwaukee giving CPR to heart attack patients. The American Heart Association recommends administering 12 to 15 breaths a minute. In the first seven patients observed, the paramedics gave about 37 breaths a minute, the study found. When the researchers retrained the emergency workers, the rate for the next six patients improved, going down to 22 breaths. Still, all the patients died. Don't feel bad, EMS people. Your breath is still superior to flagellation, fumigation, and the bellows method. And actually, CPR has an abysmally low success rate. It isn't at all clear that adminstering fewer breaths per minute would result in better outcomes. Often, it's just that the person is already dead and nothing's going to bring them back. posted by Sydney on 4/06/2004 07:58:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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