“Call Me Maybe” set to nursing humor.
(I guess it could be 100+ compressions per minute.)
CPR does not stand for “Clean, Pretty, Reliable”
the facts
- i’m estimating really high and saying CPR has a 5% success rate
- it doesn’t go “fuck death” and then bring people back to life
- it only works if you’re mostly dead (well. actually dead. but recent.)
- basically your heart goes all wibbly and you shock it to STOP it in hopes it will restart normally
- giving cpr to someone who died from like blood loss will do NOTHING
- if you’ve got to shock someone like ten times they’re probably dead sorry
- if it makes a KACHUNK noise you’re kind of screwed it’s not working right
- the same goes if the person jumps ten feet off the floor
- seriously how does that work
The stats are
shockingsobering.
- A 2009 NEJM study of 433,895 patients who received CPR of any type (defibrillator or not) INSIDE a hospital showed that only 18.3% of those patients survived to be discharged from the hospital.
- Meanwhile, OUTSIDE a hospital setting, CPR success/survival rates are ~5%, according to a 2011 study by University of Minnesota Medical School.
So, while it’s true that “more people survive a cardiac arrest WITH CPR than WITHOUT it”… CPR/defibrillation is not the magic wand that TV makes it appear to be.
Which really makes EMS look great to the general public.
“WHY COULDN’T YOU SAVE MY GRANDMA, IT ALWAYS WORKS ON TV!!”
That question is almost always followed by physical violence of some kind…
(via nursegaga)
The only way to learn CPR is to learn it from Mr Bean!
There may be a problem; I think he’s mixing up Red Cross and American Heart Assn. methods!
Clear!
(Source: youcansmell-thecrazy)
It’s a serious message-get your disco on when you do CPR.
(Phew, my ACLS card is still valid!)
Y’all! It’s CPR and AED Awareness Week! Watch this and then go sign up for a CPR course at a Red Cross Center!
DO IT!
(via fyeahnursingthings)
