How many lives are saved by CPR a year?

Answer 1

None! - When CPR is initiated the patient is Unconscious, not Breathing with no Pulse........This is called 'Clinical Death', therefore the patient can't die from CPR!!Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure involving chest compressions (pressing down on the chest) and artificial respiration (rescue breathing). It has the power to restore blood flow to someone suffering cardiac arrest, keeping them alive until an ambulance arrives.CPR is performed for three reasons:

1. To give the patient a chance of survival

2. The patient may be an organ donor and CPR is used to keep the organs Oxygenated

3. Practice - you may not resuscitate the patient but the next time you need to perform CPR you will be a little more experienced.

The rescuer should only stop CPR if one of three things happen:

1. The patient is resuscitated

2. Advanced Life Support takes over

3. When the rescuer is physically exhausted

Answer 2

That is an impossible question to answer because there is no control subject. You also have to determine ages and causes of the cardiac event.

What is known and proven is CPR saves lives. When a person has a cardiac arrest, regardless of cause, they are not going to get better. They are essentially "dead". CPR provides the best hope of restoring a normal heart rhythm and bringing them back.

CPR is easy enough that even kids can do it. Here in WA they even teach it in the schools. Learn it and you could save a life. I have seen it first hand. Don't underestimate CPR or the power of the "layperson" to have an impact in an emergency.

Answer 3

There are no statistics available to answer this question, No one agency tracks this information nationally.

Answer 4

There are no international statistics on that.