Improving Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Outcomes: A Valentine Worth Sending

Informed consent and the aftermath of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Ethical considerations

“…During the 1990s, other reports of survival to discharge rates following in-hospital cardiac arrest and CPR ranged from 7% to 26%. 14 By 2014, US, in-hospital, cardiac arrest data showed an overall survival rate to hospital discharge of 23.9% for adult victims of cardiac arrest compared to a rate of 18.4% for similar patients in the United Kingdom. 14 Advancing age significantly impacted the chance of survival to hospital discharge, reducing survival to discharge rates to a range of 11.6%–18.7% for patients over age 70.…”

“…14 By 2014, US, in-hospital, cardiac arrest data showed an overall survival rate to hospital discharge of 23.9% for adult victims of cardiac arrest compared to a rate of 18.4% for similar patients in the United Kingdom. 14 Advancing age significantly impacted the chance of survival to hospital discharge, reducing survival to discharge rates to a range of 11.6%–18.7% for patients over age 70. 3,14 CPR was more likely to be withheld as a matter of age independent of co-morbidities.…”

“…14 Advancing age significantly impacted the chance of survival to hospital discharge, reducing survival to discharge rates to a range of 11.6%–18.7% for patients over age 70. 3,14 CPR was more likely to be withheld as a matter of age independent of co-morbidities. 15 Even when all else was equal, clinicians were nine times more likely to withhold CPR in a 90-year-old patient than a 60-year-old patient.…”