Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR / Book Review

Regardless of how Miracle Max above or Mr. Mark Green which is the ER of the television show, our society has the emergency medical worker who is released from sudden death by saving seriously ill or injured person There is a fixed idea. In other words, it is to stop heart function and pulmonary function. Stefan Timmermans, a sociologist at the Brandeis University, provides a background view for the general public and scholarly readers that our medical system is failing to implement the image of the myths we built . His observation is exciting and alarming

Everyone who has taken CPR course wants to know that "What if you really have to use CPR?" It promises to live in the case of sudden death, but the reality is that life is rarely saved. Medical researchers estimate that the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is between 1% and 3%. Myth of sudden death and cardiopulmonary resuscitation explores the history of this medical innovation and its effects

Sudden death due to cardiac arrest is inevitable for centuries. In 1960, CPR was developed to restore cardiac arrest nonresponsive victims. The American Heart Association currently trains more than 12 million cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods each year, but only about 92% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients survive. In case of providing emergency medical assistance via first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or AED, it is protected by Samaritan law as far as reasonable and cautious action is taken. After emergency personnel took care of first care, if recklessly or abandoned the victim, the court judged that the Samaritan law will not apply.

A sudden cardiac arrest is a medical emergency. Failure to do so immediately may result in sudden cardiac death. Survival is possible through rapid and appropriate medical care. Even by managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), using defibrillator therapy, or pushing the chest, you can increase the chances of survival until first aid is taken. If you have chest pain or discomfort, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, rapid beating, unexplained wheezing, shortness of breath, fainting or dizziness, or if you feel dizziness or dizziness, seek immediate medical attention Please give me. If these symptoms do not resolve, please contact 911 or emergency medical support.

NDE usually occurs during cardiac arrest (ie away from medical facilities). Sam Parnia's book, "To kill death: rewrite the science of the boundary between life and death" is a breakthrough progress report aimed at improving the results of emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and cardiac arrest is. Opportunity to recover. If the mental consciousness (or soul) continues to exist and continues to function even if the brain does not function after death, it may be another unknown scientific entity. Rather than being generated by the usual electrochemical substances of the brain. Process Since 2000, several researchers, including me, have paid more attention to the cognitive experience between cardiac arrest and death. This is no longer ambiguous. Today it is more difficult to define and understand death without considering your consciousness and spirit.