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This thread is to discuss news on the Michael Jackson case. I ask that we all place our opinions of him (good or bad) side so that we can learn from it.
I was watching CNN, and cannot find a link, but they are saying that the cardiologist at Jackson's house found him with "a weak pulse and no breathing" and that the cardiologist was unsure of the address to the house, so the time from discovering Jackson's condition to the initial 911 call was 30 minutes. LAFD was on scene in 10 minutes. This leaves a 40 minute gap with no ALS care.
Now, in my estimation, cardiac arrest would have ensued within 10 minutes of resp arrest, so being generous, there was 20-30 minutes without defibrillation and other ALS care. The chance for survival for a patient in arrest goes down 6-10% for every minute without defibrillation.
Thoughts? Sounds like a cluster f*** to me.
I was watching CNN, and cannot find a link, but they are saying that the cardiologist at Jackson's house found him with "a weak pulse and no breathing" and that the cardiologist was unsure of the address to the house, so the time from discovering Jackson's condition to the initial 911 call was 30 minutes. LAFD was on scene in 10 minutes. This leaves a 40 minute gap with no ALS care.
Now, in my estimation, cardiac arrest would have ensued within 10 minutes of resp arrest, so being generous, there was 20-30 minutes without defibrillation and other ALS care. The chance for survival for a patient in arrest goes down 6-10% for every minute without defibrillation.
Thoughts? Sounds like a cluster f*** to me.
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