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re: Woman survives 45 minutes without heartbeat after amniotic embolism after birth
Posted on 11/10/14 at 1:54 pm to Ryan3232
Posted on 11/10/14 at 1:54 pm to Ryan3232
The doctors and nurses were actively attempting to resuscitate her for 40 minutes. That means they were performing chest compressions, the point of which is to perfuse tissues until the heart starts beating again. It is very rare for someone to survive after that long, but she didn't go 45 minutes without any blood to the brain.
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Posted on 11/10/14 at 2:08 pm to medtiger
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The doctors and nurses were actively attempting to resuscitate her for 40 minutes. That means they were performing chest compressions, the point of which is to perfuse tissues until the heart starts beating again. It is very rare for someone to survive after that long, but she didn't go 45 minutes without any blood to the brain.
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Medical boom.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 2:15 pm to medtiger
Yes. The media is sensationalizing this (shocker) into making it seem she layed on the table untouched for 45 minutes and then woke up. The fact of the matter is that she didn't have spontaneous heartbeats for 45 minutes. But they had her on oxygen and were performing compressions manually or mechanically. In essence, they kept her alive for that time period. It is still amazing that she resumed cardiac activity after that amount of time but it just doesn't sound as sexy as "OMG! She was dead and now she is back!"
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