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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: DavesM who wrote (31600)4/2/2005 5:25:18 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
(there's a waste of CPR training).
CPR can to some extent compensate for loss of heartbeat and the breathing reflex. It CANNOT correct hypokalemia, the medical condition she is supposed to have.
emedicine.com

Untreated, hypokalemia is often fatal. And that treatment requires a hospital. Also, there is a limited window after its start during which it must be corrected or permanent irreversible brain damage will occur. And that is REGARDLESS of CPR.

I have not seen a case of hypokalemia. I have seen its close relative, hyponatremia. Believe me, it is NOT a diagnosis you want to hear from a doc in an ER.
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