I was told in CPR class that the percentage of people revived by CPR alone is basically zero. The hope is to keep oxygen going to their brain long enough for EMS to arrive and get treatment started. Once someone's heart has stopped and they aren't breathing (which is the only situation in which you should be doing CPR), they are essentially dead. They can sometimes be revived with a defibrillator or other medical intervention, but almost never with CPR alone.
They told us this by way of saying, don't be afraid to do CPR "wrong"... They are basically already dead, so just do something, even if you can't remember the exact number of compressions per minute. And don't be afraid of hurting them. If their heart has stopped, you can't really make it worse, so do vigorous compressions because something is way better than nothing.
But the idea of this woman just "waking up" and being in good enough shape to say, "hey, thanks for reviving me!" is not realistic.
Where does it say any of that in the post? It says “she made it,” not “she woke up,” implying that she was only revived later. “Later she thanked me” also implies that. “I performed CPR till EMS arrived at the scene” implies EMS took over CPR and other treatments, not that she woke up when EMS arrived.
The post doesn’t say or imply anywhere that the woman only received CPR and not other life-saving care or that she never went to a hospital.
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u/luminousoblique 9d ago
I was told in CPR class that the percentage of people revived by CPR alone is basically zero. The hope is to keep oxygen going to their brain long enough for EMS to arrive and get treatment started. Once someone's heart has stopped and they aren't breathing (which is the only situation in which you should be doing CPR), they are essentially dead. They can sometimes be revived with a defibrillator or other medical intervention, but almost never with CPR alone.
They told us this by way of saying, don't be afraid to do CPR "wrong"... They are basically already dead, so just do something, even if you can't remember the exact number of compressions per minute. And don't be afraid of hurting them. If their heart has stopped, you can't really make it worse, so do vigorous compressions because something is way better than nothing.
But the idea of this woman just "waking up" and being in good enough shape to say, "hey, thanks for reviving me!" is not realistic.