Quote:
Originally Posted by bsloan1960
I listened to a doctor being interviewed on NPR. He has DNR tattooed on his left chest. He said only 8% (9.%1 per American Heart Association) of people who receive out-of-hospital CPR survive. Of those 8 people 4 will require life-long care due to serious disability, 4 will return to their previous lives with some form of disability, and 2 (2%) will return to their lives and function at the same level as they did prior to CPR. A google search will show survival figures as high as 45% which is why I used The American Heart Association.
Unfortunately a DNR tattoo will be disregarded by EMTs because it isn't a bona fide legal document- i.e. signature, witness signature, etc., and EMTs are fearful that honoring this tattoo would subject them to legal trouble.
|
That fits in with the research I’ve read. 8 percent. Eight people out of 100. The numbers get confusing because there are various things being counted, such as these:
Percentage of stopped hearts restarted on the scene (this will be the highest percentage).
Percentage of stopped hearts restarted and still beating when the people reach the hospital (somewhat lower).
Percentage of stopped hearts restarted with the people still alive when they exit the hospital and go to rehab or a long-term care facility, whether or not the people have permanent mental or physical damage or are likely to ever go home alive. (Welcome to high medical costs.)
Percentage of stopped hearts where the people go home from the hospital and return to golfing, dining out, going on cruises, etc. (A much lower percentage.)
Percentage of strapped hearts restarted where the people are home and in good health three years later. (This tends to be the eight in a hundred one.)