[CholeraJoe]

cardiac arrests have nearly 0% survival rates

Actually with prompt bystander CPR and EMS within 8-12 minutes it's about 50% based on the Seattle-King county experience.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

No with almost immediate defib when pt is in VF they get about 50% pulse rate back. hundreds and hundreds of cardiac arrests come through my ER and I can count on one hand how many left the hospital Vertically

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

and if the cardiac arrest is caused by trauma such as a gunshot or motor vehicle accident they are even more f**ked, although I doubt that is the case here. Trauma code almost never ever live

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“Actually with prompt bystander CPR and EMS within 8-12 minutes it's about 50%”
That's a misleadingly high number based on “witnessed Ventricular Fibrillation” caused cardiac arrests. The wording means they were monitored at the time of arrest, the causative arrhythmia was ventricular fibrillation, and they had prompt CPR and defibrillation equipment in short order. In real life, unlike TV drama shows, not everyone presents with Ventricular Fibrillation. If an EMS group has 12% of cardiac arrests survive to be discharged from the hospital, they are doing everything right.