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Originally Posted by Hotrodz
My mom's fiance had a massive heart attack the week before there wedding. He was taking an afternoon nap. My brother was there he is a fireman and did CPR until EMS should up. He didn't survive either. The statistics show that only about 2% heart attack victims survive with CPR when they have gone into full arrest. The electric paddles work the best if they can be applied immediately.
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It blows my mind that the number 1 killer in ICU wards is Sepsis, with all the available medicine, experts, and equipment that they have at their disposal. To think that my brother pulled through having sepsis last summer (and renal failure... with no residual effects today)... puts me in awe and thank the big guy above!