[at-l] CPR Useless?

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

They teach you to do CPR until you can't do it anymore, never assume the
worse. You can imagine what would happen if some one stopped CPR and
announced to the press afterwards that they were told in the class to stop
after 5 minutes: instant lawsuit.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

> >If the problem is lightning, there's a 1 in 4 chance (generally
> speaking)
> >that you'd need CPR - and the >chances of revival are close to zero.
> >
>
> So if I understand correctly, what you are saying is that if my golfing
> buddy gets hit by lightening and goes into cariac arrest, then
> CPR may well
> save his life on the links.  But that if a climbing friend gets
> struck and
> goes into cardiac arrest on a Colorado peak then administering CPR is
> unlikely to do much at all, barring a miracle.
>
> Is that what they teach in the First Aid courses?
>
> Rick B
>
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