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Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR by Timmermans, Stefan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR about?
cover 1 Front Matter 2 Table of Contents 8 Forward 12 Preface 16 1 Death Awareness in the United States 32 3 CPR for All 77 4 Lifesaving in Action 111 5 Deciding Life and Death 136 6 "There Is a Code and a Code" 174 7 Saving Life or Saving Death? 205 Appendix: Methodology 228 Notes 234 References 254 Index 270 Publisher:Temple University Press,Published:1999,ISBN:9781439905135,Language:English,OCLC:645939961 Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR is for anyone who has taken a CPR course or who believes the images from television dramas. It is also for families of victims and survivors of CPR. It will engage emergency personnel, others in the medical field, and anyone concerned with ethical issues of death and dying. Anyone who has ever taken a CPR course has wondered, "What would happen if I actually had to use CPR?" In Western societies, the lifesaving power of resuscitation has the status of a revered cultural myth. It promises life in the face of sudden death, but the reality is that lives are rarely saved. Medical researchers estimate the survival rate for out-of-hospital CPR to be between 1 and 3 percent. Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR explores the history of this medical innovati
Who reads Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Timmermans, Stefan
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781566397162
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Medicine