[rlmorel]

"...Many people think of CPR as a reliable lifesaver when, in fact, the results are usually poor. I’ve had hundreds of people brought to me in the emergency room after getting CPR. Exactly one, a healthy man who’d had no heart troubles (for those who want specifics, he had a “tension pneumothorax”), walked out of the hospital. If a patient suffers from severe illness, old age, or a terminal disease, the odds of a good outcome from CPR are infinitesimal, while the odds of suffering are overwhelming. Poor knowledge and misguided expectations lead to a lot of bad decisions..."

You sound like you agree with the author, but what conclusion would someone come to after reading this section? This supposed "voice of authority" says that in his career, he has seen only one person survive, and that person didn't actually have any cardiac problems, but his heart stopped due to an oxygen shortage.

Words have meaning. If this supposed doctor didn't mean to say CPR is worthless, what exactly do YOU think he meant to say? Substitute any other activity in there for CPR, and the meaning is evident.

[ngat]

You seem to be trying to extract a meaning from a part of the essay, that a complete reading of the essay does not say.

[Osage Orange]

CPR isn't "worthless".....

In the hospital setting I can tell you that the one's we do CPR on....very few leave the hospital. Most die. Period.

CPR has nothing to do with Dyalisis