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enero25
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10:34:24 PM Apr 17th 2011
It's disturbing to see a lot of useful information about CPR removed from the article-TV Tropes may not be an encyclopedia, but is it too much to educate people about CPR's real life applications, rather than limit ourselves to its fictional depiction?
0oMooncalfo0
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03:23:47 PM Feb 11th 2011
edited by 0oMooncalfo0
Where did these statistics of CPR alone being "effective" only 2-4% of the time come from? As someone in the medical field, I happen to know that very recent studies have found the incidence of regain of spontaneous circulation to be more along the lines of 40-50%, and that the low survival/hospital discharge statistics that have historically been documented are skewed by the seriousness of the injuries/illnesses which would cause an incident of sudden cardiac arrest. Often times it's a hospital's inability to save the patient from the underlying trauma or disease process that leads to such a high mortality rate. "Effective" is a pretty vague word, I know, but I seriously think these statistics need a major overhaul. CPR may not be pretty, but it is marginally more effective than this page is indication.
Camacan
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08:14:39 PM Nov 8th 2010
edited by Camacan
Neither page quote describes CPR being clean, pretty and reliable. They are both cases of inappropriately applied CPR. Move to discussion.

"Grif — why in the hell would you give CPR for a bullet wound in the head? That doesn't make a lick of sense! I mean, what if someone stabbed me in the foot? You gonna rub my neck with aloe vera?"
Sarge, Red Vs Blue

"No, I mean, he's giving CPR to a man with a chest wound. What is he trying to do? Make him bleed to death even quicker?"

69.174.145.181
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07:46:01 PM Jun 29th 2010
Didn't Dr. Conrad Murray, "The King of Pop" Michael Jackson's physician, perform just such a botched CPR on Jackson's bed? I feel this merits a "Real Life" folder and mention of this example, but I don't want to implement it without having a second opinion on whether it's verifiable.
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