@Rahul, I thought about the CPR as well, but it simply cannot substitute the actual act of breathing. The heart is not responsible for all the movements of blood, other muscles in the body contract and relax to help it along, the lack of movements due to the lack of breathing would deprive many parts of the body from oxygen. Especially as long as 45 minutes, some organs would have sustained damage at that point. i'm looking more into this.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...183923.htm
Ok, I stand corrected. The article says most patients who do not respond quickly (~12 mins) to resuscitation, their overall prognosis is poor. But apparently there has been lots of patients who survived after 30 minutes of resuscitation efforts who "did not appear to have substantially worse neurological functions at discharge". Interesting.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...183923.htm
Ok, I stand corrected. The article says most patients who do not respond quickly (~12 mins) to resuscitation, their overall prognosis is poor. But apparently there has been lots of patients who survived after 30 minutes of resuscitation efforts who "did not appear to have substantially worse neurological functions at discharge". Interesting.
