Thread by @drkathrynmannix

Timely CPR saved Chris Eriksen's life.
The match footage shows
-how immediate collapse is after #CardiacArrest
-how quickly we need to respond
In Cardiac Arrest the heart stops while other organs are healthy: rapid CPR response saves lives.
Learn CPR: see @ResusCouncilUK
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There has been criticism of TV companies broadcasting footage of Eriksen's on-pitch collapse. I wonder what he will say when he is ready to comment.
I hope the footage drives better public understanding of CPR & a wider uptake of CPR training.
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CPR training must include info on success rates, & explain when NOT to attempt it. CPR is entirely appropriate when the heart stops first: it gives brain & other organs their best chance of preserving function. Early, effective CPR by trained people may save 1 in 5.
Learn CPR!
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Conversely, as dying from illness approaches, organs gradually shut down until the heart stops last of all. This is not reversible & CPR will not help.
Knowing the difference can save some lives & also respects #OrdinaryDying.
Learn CPR.
Understand its limits.
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CPR is now in school curriculum.
I hope our teens learn how to perform effective CPR.
They also need to know the place of CPR, the need for speedy action in sudden collapse, & not to feel responsible if they attempt CPR but don't succeed. Community CPR usually won't succeed.
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Although community bystander CPR success rate is low, the rate will rise the more often it is used without any delay, with good technique, & in the right circumstances (so - more of us trained in CPR).
'Right circumstances' is hard to grasp, but very important.
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Right circumstances for CPR:
- heart stops suddenly
- CPR commenced immediately
- person has not refused CPR in advance

Start without delay, be prepared to stop if we discover during CPR that this person has previously declared a decision to refuse CPR.

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Wrong circumstances for CPR:
- the person was already dying & their heart stops at the end of that irreversible process
- the person is found dead (this is hard to decide if body is still warm)
- the person is known to have formally refused CPR by telling people/making ADRT
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Wishing Chris Eriksen a full & speedy recovery, & successful treatment of whatever caused his sudden & unexpected cardiac arrest. As a young, very fit athlete he is among those most likely to survive after timely & efficient CPR.
CPR is only step 1 in treatment.
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The footage shows the shock & distress of Eriksen's team-mates. There is a lesson about CPR there, too. Witnessing sudden collapse & giving or supporting CPR is shocking & brutal.
Anyone who has administered community CPR will be changed, often haunted, by that experience.
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CPR is an extreme first aid procedure. Participants & witnesses may need a lot of care & support afterwards, whether resuscitation attempt is successful or not. This also needs to be part of CPR training.
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With millions of fans watching, this shocking event could turn into an opportunity for football clubs across @UEFA to teach CPR to thousands of supporters. That increase in CPR-competent citizens could transform public response to community cardiac arrests.
@premierleague
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Perhaps after recovery from the incident & their shock, Eriksen & his colleagues might give permission for this footage to be used as a training tool in CPR classes.
Perhaps it will save many more lives.
Please learn CPR
Please learn its limits
Please look after each other

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