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Originally Posted by Renate
It sounds that if you are going to have a heart attack your best option is to die?
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Which is why many people have DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders on file. One friend of mine's father had a heart attack at home. The ambulance attendants used CPR which I think included adrenaline injections to resuscitate him. Sadly his heart had been stopped long enough that most of his brain cells had perished and he was brain dead. It took about 9 weeks of keeping him "alive" on advanced life support before his wife would consent to turning off life support.
The only good thing was that Medical Services Plan paid the bill.
Remember if they need to do CPR, you are already dead. They are trying to drag you back but it's a low percentage that get dragged back. In the study I looked at, they found a 3.2% revival rate with adrenaline but in the combined total, ~12% of the 30 day survivors did not suffer neurological issues (~0.33% of all the people in the study).