Response To A Person Struggling With Death After CPR

Posted on June 8th, 2011 by Roy Shaw

An email came in from a true rescuer who got involved with a man who was in cardiac arrest over the holiday while they were enjoying themselves. They cared enough to get involved and try and save this person’s life but the man stayed dead despite their attempts. This rescuer is struggling with feelings of guilt and that she didn’t do enough. In this episode, I have a very real and honest discussion with understanding living, dying and rescue.

Tags: CPR, Death, depression after death, guilt, Non Successful CPR, procpr.org, ProFirstAid.com, royonrescue, tried CPR but didn't succeed, video response to CPR

Person Dying and You Can Help, So What’s Stopping You?

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Roy Shaw

An estimated 294,851 emergency medical services-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year.(http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4741)
And only 10% of people do something to help.  What stops people from providing life saving techniques during a tragedy?  In this video podcast Roy Shaw, Paramedic  and BLS/ACLS/PALS instructor gets to the bottom of why people don’t get involved and what can be done increase the survival rate from cardiac arrest, regardless of what causes it.

Tags: American Heart Association Statistics, Cardiac Arrest, choking, CPR, CPR Training, Death, fear, finding spouse dead, Heart attack, heart stops, kids and cpr, loss of loved ones, not breathing, online cpr, parents and cpr, Person Dying, procpr training, procpr.org, spouse died, spouse dies, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, trauma