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health advisory Hospital Diseases 2007-11-12 17:57:12

i had cpr several times with the longest lasting an hour and a half. just curious if other people have survived after anything like this also? 1st one was 29 minutes, 2nd was 55 minutes and the last one was an hour and a half. to say the least, my doctors and surgeon were stunned. they told my family i would have no brain function.

Answer:

It is not practical to do CPR for that long. 45-50min yes if caught early enough. An hour and a half, no. The brain is not getting accurate blood flow and after about 30 minutes you are maxed out on drug therapies. Also, why did you go into cardiac arrest so many times. Most don't survive the first time? Most dr's stop cpr within 45 minutes and call the code.

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Four patients required CPR, the longest time was in a survivor who required 3.8 hours of CPR. They were all poisoned, and he went home after a cardiopulmonary by pass operation.

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3 and 1/2 hours is the longest I have seen

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