News, Few survive cardiac arrest, even with CPR. (defibrillator, heart, treat)

[JD59]

The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes.

Few survive cardiac arrest, even with CPR - Heart health- msnbc.com

[Elipar]

Although not a guarantee, a defibrillator increases your chances of survival. I bought one for my house.

[cjma79]

Originally Posted by Elipar

Although not a guarantee, a defibrillator increases your chances of survival. I bought one for my house.

that is good to hear.
Also people should know that CPR really does very little (is not useless), but the amount of people that survive from only CPR is extremely small.
Only in movies that you see that CPR is so successful.
CPR is mostly to buy some time until advance medical treatment(defibrillator, epinephrine, etc ).
So doing CPR is important, it will help in the survival for that individual until the paramedics arrive. But doing CPR rarely(but not impossible) would bring someone back to life, like in the movies.