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0 pointstoomuchtodo12y ago0 comments

I'm not sure what the exact medical events were that transpired in this case, but the rescue team who found this person performed CPR for 4 hours continuously, and she made a full recovery: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/06/skier-tree-well-mira...

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JeremyMorgan12y ago· 2 in thread

Thats exactly why they keep going with CPR long after the point of calling it. If the patient presents even the slightest of signs they'll keep going and it resets the clock. I've never been involved in a 4 hour instance of this, but an hour or more is not uncommon if there is any sign of revival.

FireBeyond12y ago

My longest stint of CPR was 1h50m. The patient didn't make it out the door - but did get to say goodbye to their wife.

toomuchtodoOP12y ago

We'll probably never meet, but thanks. If something happens to me, I'd want someone to perform CPR as long as possible on me. I'm fond of existence.

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