Posted on 11/07/2011 6:57:39 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Ping.
For what it is worth
Dr. Arthur Sanders from the Sarver Heart Center, says “We improved survival from 13% for people receiving ventilation and compression, to 80% survival rate where they were getting continuous chest compressions.”
One of the weird things about CPR is that the recommended pace can easily be achieved by running the following song through your head:
Staying Alive, Staying Alive,
Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah, Staying Alive
Of course, what caused the problem and what rhythm they go into also determines success.
The para-cordial thump kind of goes in and out of favor but I have seen it work several times when delivered when you see them slump over. On an adult you lay your elbow on their belly button, make a fist with the little finger down and strike their chest.
Many times the first arrhythmia the heart will go into is ventricular fibrillation where it kind of shakes. The thump can put it back into a sinus rhythm
Pretty impressive numbers.
Wasn't trying to be flippant or anything. (Well, maybe a little -- I mean, when I found out that ABtD is approx 100 bpm, that was somewhat amusing in its irony.)
It is odd that this is over a year old technique and I first heard about it less than 2 weeks ago.
I have no regrets about the outcome of my only attempt to perform conventional CPR. It worked and it took almost 10 minutes before breathing resumed.
Correct. You want to compress at 125 BPM.
80% survival rate is remarkable!
Bump.....
Bump for later
>> “How do you give liquids to a person who is not breathing or shows any signs of consciousness” <<
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If completely unconsious, then dribble the tincture under the tongue with the eye dropper. That usually results in a nearly immediate restoration of consiousness.
The purpose of the small glass of water is to make the capsaicin more easily palatable to a consious patient. (it does have a strong burning sensation if undiluted)
The capsaicin dilates the arteries, and increases the oxygen absorbtion of the blood, and it is absorbed under the tongue in milliseconds.
That is amazing. I had never heard of anything like that.
Will have to remember it.
Wonder how anyone actually thought of using capsaicin for such a purpose?
That is another odd treatment that works. It also dilates the blood vessels to allow the body to deal with the poison.
Actually the practice goes back hundreds of years, but all herbal cures have been actively suppressed by those that profit from disease.
Another common herb that is useful is Lobelia. A lobelia tincture used in a similar fashion is also helpful for cardiac fibrillation, and for asthma attacks. The cayenne is also good to stop strokes, and to relieve the damage after they occur.
Thanks for the history lesson.
I do not discount old remedies, but leeches and blood letting are an exception (oh, I forgot, that was practiced by the professionals)
Have you ever read the minutes of the attending physician who treated George Washington before he died? That is an amazing example of bad medical treatment.
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