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jello56213 karma

physician here.

I'm curious. Who signs the death certificate? Does the case go to the medical examiner? Who pronounces the death...as in does 911 need to be called afterwards?

I'm a firm believer in dying with dignity. Your friend sounds awesome and someone I would have liked to meet.

jello56211 karma

I've been reading the report now for my ACLS training this june and that's not entirely accurate. the AHA recommends compression-only or "Hands-Only" (tm) to non-trained lay persons as advised over the phone or instructed by another trained bystander. If you're a trained lay-person or even a health care professional, the recommendations are different and ventilations are encouraged, though warned against being done excessively. Lot's of mumbo jumo... In short

random person: hands-only
random person + cpr training: hands-only + ventilation if able
trained professional: Do what you think is correct for the medical scenario.

jello5627 karma

Blood, vomit, etc, it does indeed discourage a huge portion of the population from mouth to mouth. One reason why the AHA changed guidelines for people to start "hands-only" cpr first. They think that once a person has done compressions, they might be more willing to go ventilations after they're somewhat committed lol.

jello5625 karma

Kudos!

jello5624 karma

When you increase the denominator, (pts tested), the overall number is smaller. SK is testing over 500x the # per million than the u.s.

More asymptomatic or mild cases in the denominator equals fewer deaths per positive case.