> Even if you're 87 and already have a host of health issues? Even if you have a terminal illness (at any age)?
Less so, but suffering a cardiac arrest without treatment (CPR, defibrillation) is almost always a death sentence.
The whole point of CPR is to maintain oxygenated blood flow to the brain long enough for paramedics to arrive and give potentially life-saving treatment.
Because the time frame from cardiac arrest to death is measured in minutes.
One of the reasons why public access AEDs are so prominent now is that the patient's chances of survival are greatly increased with early defibrillation, and that any untrained person can use one now because they're pretty much automatic once applied.
Less so, but suffering a cardiac arrest without treatment (CPR, defibrillation) is almost always a death sentence.
The whole point of CPR is to maintain oxygenated blood flow to the brain long enough for paramedics to arrive and give potentially life-saving treatment.
Because the time frame from cardiac arrest to death is measured in minutes.
One of the reasons why public access AEDs are so prominent now is that the patient's chances of survival are greatly increased with early defibrillation, and that any untrained person can use one now because they're pretty much automatic once applied.