Re: CPR

In <104etrd$2gb43$1@dont-email.me> JAB <here@is.invalid> writes:

Although CPR has become synonymous with medical heroism, nearly 85 per
cent of those who receive it in a hospital die. Why has it remained
the norm?

https://bsky.app/profile/newyorker.com/post/3ltcuml44ds2w

The Hidden Harms of CPR
The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why
has it become a default treatment?

umm, becuase without it, the death rate for a cardiac arrest is 100 percent?

(Yes, there are times when patients are NOT in arrest and well
meaning folk implement it, but that's a problem with just about
any treatment)

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-hidden-harms-of-cpr

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