A nightmare that doctors overwhelmingly choose to avoid when they die themselves

[HiPointDem]

199. yes, i've done cpr. my claim was that training and assistive equipment increases success rates

for cpr; it's backed by research:

Immediate availability of trained personnel and equipment increases the likelihood of success. Data from 98 studies showed a 31% rate of success among perioperative patients and a 15% rate among nonoperative patients. Results from 35 studies showed that among patients who had arrests in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, there was a 73% success rate; among those in the operating room, ED, and ICU, the success rate was 15% to 32%. Patients on the unit had lower success rates-about 11%.8.

http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/journalarticle?Article_ID=481807

and that's true even outside a medical setting:

Studies have shown that immediate CPR followed by defibrillation within 3–5 minutes of sudden VF cardiac arrest improves survival. In cities such as Seattle where CPR training is widespread and defibrillation by EMS personnel follows quickly, the survival rate is about 30 percent. In cities such as New York, without those advantages, the survival rate is only 1–2 percent.[19]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation


"Out of hospital CPR on the old and infirmed has less than a 3% survival rate and return to baseline function 0%" = link?