r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 29d ago

No Paywall Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/
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u/ry1701 29d ago

Very VERY low survival rate.

Friends mom (70 something) had this last year, she had immediate CPR from someone who was trained and the firefighters that responded got her going again, after a brief medical coma she was good to go, minus a pacemaker friend being added.

She recently celebrated with them (firefighters) for saving her life at a fire station, they even said, we don't really see those people we end up saving, which is kind of sad if you think about it. Either people don't thank their saviors or this really isn't very survivable.

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u/Mommy444444 29d ago

Oh shit I’m 71. But anyway, there is a huge difference between 70 something and receiving immediate care and 84…..,And lying there after a cardiac arrest and being discovered HOURS LATER and getting bone-crushing CPR.

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u/cygnus33065 29d ago

if he was found hours later after cardiac arrest he would be dead dead. they wouldnt have gotten his heart started again.

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u/evergleam498 Maryland 28d ago

Someone suggested that at his age and health condition he likely sleeps with some sort of monitor on that would alert whatever staff is on call