http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...placebo-instead-adrenaline-heart-stopped.html
Interesting.
Adrenaline shots for cardiac arrest are an unproven therapy. So there will be a study beginning this autumn until 2016 at a cost of £2.75 million.
The paramedics wont know if they are injecting salt water or adrenaline. There will be local advertising in the experimental areas to give people the choice to opt out.
Out of 50,000 cardiac arrests each year only 6% survive.
" Adrenalin injections have been given as part of the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation process or CPR since the 1960s, but recently doubts have been raised over their effectiveness.
Research from Japan in 2012 on 417,000 patients found that although it initially restarted their hearts,
*****Adrenalin actually reduced their survival odds and increased the likelihood of them suffering brain damage.****
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined adrenalin use in people going into cardiac arrest before they arrived at the hospital.
Data showed that patients who were given adrenalin were less likely to survive a month, and if they were to survive, were more likely to suffer neurological problems.
There are significant concerns the Adrenaline shots cause brain damage for those who Survive"
Golden
Interesting.
Adrenaline shots for cardiac arrest are an unproven therapy. So there will be a study beginning this autumn until 2016 at a cost of £2.75 million.
The paramedics wont know if they are injecting salt water or adrenaline. There will be local advertising in the experimental areas to give people the choice to opt out.
Out of 50,000 cardiac arrests each year only 6% survive.
" Adrenalin injections have been given as part of the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation process or CPR since the 1960s, but recently doubts have been raised over their effectiveness.
Research from Japan in 2012 on 417,000 patients found that although it initially restarted their hearts,
*****Adrenalin actually reduced their survival odds and increased the likelihood of them suffering brain damage.****
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined adrenalin use in people going into cardiac arrest before they arrived at the hospital.
Data showed that patients who were given adrenalin were less likely to survive a month, and if they were to survive, were more likely to suffer neurological problems.
There are significant concerns the Adrenaline shots cause brain damage for those who Survive"
Golden
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