When CPR Doesn't "Work" Explained by Paramedic
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- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2015
- Coping with the loss of a loved one or even a stranger can be extremely difficult. But more difficult than grieving, is feeling guilty that the person died because of something that one did or didn't do. In this video, I explain in detail what CPR is, and what it's not and why a person should not ever feel guilty that they didn't do enough to keep a victim of cardiac arrest alive. I hope that this video brings peace and understanding to why a rescuer should never feel that they are at fault when a person doesn't survive cardiac arrest, though the bystander attempted CPR. I hope it helps.
At the age of 16, I was part of lifesaving efforts and their was no AED near by. We had to do cpr until the EMTs showed up, they put him in the back of the ambulance without a rhythm. We thought we failed, but later that day we found out he had lived. Don't stop until someone pulls you off, you never know, the person could be gone for 20ish minutes without beating for himself, and then being brought back.
Thank you SO much !!!! We lost a friend last night. I tried my best. Having you explain CPR in this way but really helped me come to grips with the fact that it didn't at all change the outcome. And that I I gave a friend the very best chance that I could. Your words were truly moving and beautiful.
I pray you have peace during this very difficult time and I'm glad that this video explanation helped. Peace!
Thanks so much for this. My aunt died last night and I gave her cpr for 35 minutes until the ambulance got there. She still passed away but I hope she knew I was trying to save her life. She was there for me my entire life, and I just feel like I couldn't be there for her the 1 moment she needed somebody. But you've shown me that it was her best chance of recovery , what I did even though she didn't recover and was pronounced at the emergency room. If recovery was in the play book, I gave her the best chance of reaching that outcome. Thank you
Thank you for this. I died 3 years ago. And the paramedics that came save my life! My friends who are gathered around and about me said they thought they were hurting me following the instructions of the nine-one-one. Trying to administer CPR. But that win the paramedics showed up my friends told me they thought they were going to kill me. I told them well if you're not breaking a few ribs you're not doing it right. LOL! Thank you so much for your post! I have a lot more to say about this but it's reminded me how wonderful it is to be loved by stranger. God bless!
Thank you for this nice feedback Gordon. Especially from the patient's perspective. I appreciate it my friend, be well!
Having grown up with a dad who was an EMT for many years & a mother who's a nurse, I've seen & heard a lot. One thing holds true for this type of profession...it takes a special person to do this line of work. I recall many, many times waking up in the middle of the night to find my dad sitting alone after a call that didn't have a happy ending, crying for the patient that was lost. I remember he once told me that he lost a baby in his arms. We live in a small town, & he's worked on many friends, & unfortunately some didn't make it. Whether it's CPR, or whatever the call may bring, these men & women have a job they're responsible for every second of every day & that job is to save lives. THAT alone in itself is absolutely heroic, & of the highest & most respectable thing anyone can do. My grandfather died in the same scenario...heart attack. He was already dead when they got there. But they never backed down & they continued their life saving efforts until he was stable enough to be life flighted. He never regained consciousness due to being brain dead for being without oxygen too long & so life support was discontinued a couple of days later. But there was never a thought in our minds that it was the fault of any of the paramedics who worked on him. They could've just called it when they got there, but they didn't. They still tried & they did everything they could without a doubt. So like he's saying in the video, sometimes, despite all the efforts in the world, it just doesn't turn out like we hope, but that doesn't mean it was for lack of effort. It just means that it was their time to go. It doesn't make it any easier, but also like he said, if the last thing you could hear bits & pieces of before you died, was people working on you & trying to save your life, what an act of love, whether it's their job or not. So have respect for your EMT'S & Paramedics in your community & really think about what it is that they do, because you never know when it could be you or a loved one that you have to call on them for. Very well made & informative video. The Paramedic is very compassionate & very caring & deeply cares about his line of work. God Bless to all.
I love what I do, but when you get done with a code, and hear the family screaming and crying, I just breaks my heart thinking that we did not try hard enough, last call I had was a massive heart attack victim after the call I was crying and hopeless and guilty for hours. One family member approached me, a stranger I have never seen from adam hugged me and thanked me for the willingness for trying to save her husband's live. She told me that you tried and now he is with God and not suffering. That made me feel good that as an EMT I am proud to serve for the community that I live in.
Thank you for this video! It helped look at CPR in a new light. I watched the EMTs as they performed CPR on my husband in our home. Even a deputy came in to assist. Ultimately my husband could not be revived. I was so very grateful for their efforts but knew that it was my husband's time and he was at peace. I will always remember their efforts and concern for my well-being. God bless all responders!
Michelle Hompertz I just saw this comment and I just wanted to say I’m so sorry about your husband, I hope you have a wonderful day if you see this.
So sorry, god bless
May Peace be with you!
Sorry to hear about your husband. I am an EMT yes I feel the guilt sometimes when CPR did not work for some. But when we or the doctor tells the family about the loss, is that we try and we try and try not give up hope. I would like to thank you for your understanding of what we go through when cardiac arrests occur, We appreciate your gratitude towards us EMS workers. Thank you and God Bless you.
Thank you for this. I tried to save a neighbor this weekend but didn't succeed. I'm so thankful I've had the CPR training and didn't hesitate to get in there but... He didn't make it. Makes me feel so rotten inside. So I really needed to hear this. Thank you.
As a Community First Responder here in the UK 🇬🇧 I can connect exactly with what you are saying. This is a beautiful video. A real motivation and soul healing speech. Truly amazed. The emergency rescue service are lucky to have someone like yourself amongst their ranks. Stay safe brother.
This video is a lovely. I lost my dad 11 weeks ago today. The paramedics did all they could I wasn't home at the time but rushed back within 5 minutes, it happened with family there.
This has definitely made me feel a better that I'm just about to email a CPR course, thank you.
Thank you for these videos! Should have FAR more views! Incredibly helpful and informative. I haven't had to do this, but my father has. A friend of mine has epilepsy, and was having a seizure in a crosswalk. My dad is a facilities supervisor, and is trained with a lot of emergency response. He very likely saved his life that day, and it wasn't until a couple years later when he came over and saw my Dad that he realized who it was. One of the most moving moments in my life was watching him tell my dad Thank you. It's why I learned CPR, and keep first aid parts with me at all times.
This was incredibly well-phrased. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Thank you, Roy for this beautiful gift of compassion ...
I am a home health nurse and have experienced a patient code right in front of me. I'll never forgot how it felt, what I saw and the mix of emotions that I felt afterward. Thank you for this video!
Thank you for this. I am an EMT and tonight I had my second code, first time-l being first ALS on scene. Call was for difficulty breathing, but as my partner and I walked up the stairs the firefighter yelled 'code'. Neither of the codes I worked have turned out successful. This video reassured me I followed my training, and I earnestly wanted this woman to survive, and I shouldn't take blame. She was dead the first time I set hands on her and started compressions. We all were working our asses off to save her. I'll never forget hearing the doc call it. Anyway, thanks, this is extremely accurate.
Peace be to you Samantha and thank you for going out there shift after shift and giving it all you got! You and all that are in EMS are the current day heroes that can make a difference when a difference is able to be made. And, even when the outcome isn't what we want it to be or think it should have been, we know in the end, we worked on them as if it was there day to survive until they proved us wrong. Everyone has a day to die. And we don't know when that is. We EMS professionals get to be there for more than the average human does and so, we get the gift of having our lives changed in an amazing way where we don't take anything for granted! Not one day! Not one second! We medics get to experience that which helps us live life to the fullest if we handle it the right way! Keep up the great work and now get out there, share compassion in a cold world and save some more lives! -Roy
Thanks for this video! I'm not a professional, just had basic first aid training including CPR. This summer I performed CPR on a lady in the street. Together with another stranger I managed to keep the lady alive (or rather, as Roy explained, slow down her biological death) until professional rescuers arrived after about 15 minutes (which felt like forever). The paramedics managed to restart her heart with an AED and she was flown to hospital in a helicopter, so first I was thrilled we may have saved he life. Unfortunatly the lady died in the hospital on the next day. I was told, her brain damage was too excessive. I didn't really feel guilty of her death, but in the days and weeks after the event I thought many times about whether I made the right decisions, if I acted quick enough and what I could have done better. Meanwhile I'm at peace, I know I've done the best I could. But the doubt can be really nagging.
I was in the same scenario and same outcome 🙏💔
"Their last experience was that of love..... That is the greatest gift one human being could give another." Beautiful, just beautiful. Love to you and your kind words, From A Grieving Momma.
May Peace that passes all understanding be with you during this most difficult time.
Wow...I am stunned by his words.....this is by fare the best video about cpr I ever encountered. ...big thank you....
Oh my God thank you for this explanation!! I just administered CPR to a stranger who fell face first to the floor at Atlanta Hartsfield airport three weeks ago. I've never had to do this and my training was over 3 years ago. I'm glad that I tried but I am saddened by the outcome. But I now understand the likelihood of someone surving a cardiac arrest outside of an medically equipped environment. I don't feel as helpless or anguished after watching your explanation. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Well said. This made me tear up. I’m getting into this field and want to become a paramedic… all I’ve ever wanted to do is help others. Lay down the time in my life to give others the chance to live theirs.
This is the best video I have heard about CPR thank you for teaching me
This was a beautiful message to share! One of the situations I wasn't looking forward to was the possibility of losing someone as I attempted to rescue them.This is a new perspective that I needed to be more at peace with this possibility so thank you.
I'm so glad it helped.
Thank you so much We lost a friend everyone tried their best but she was in cardiac arrest. Your video explained it beautifully with such compassion thank you
Ee Tee God bless your family with love and peace
I used to be a medic in a logging camp. Those guys i worked with became like family. I had the one nightmare scenario happen when two of my men decided to do methadone for fun. When the cook discovered them in their rooms together unresponsive I got the call to help. I ran down with gear to help, but then i had to do triage as everyone in camp was too drunk to help me. My mechanic i could tell was dead, but my road builder was breathing with weak pulse. The soberest crew i had on hand, i had them monitor the roadbuilder while i did CPR on my mechanic. But in this chaos i had to deal the crew to call for a helicopter with medics. it was 40 mins of doing cpr while seeing my friend doing the death rattle. and my crew thinking he was getting better cause of the twitching his body was doing. When the medics arrived they shocked him twice and then had to focus on the roadbuilder cause he was starting to lose his pulse, so i was stuck doing cpr until the police arrive to make the call to let me stop. I dont think i have ever felt so helpless as a medic that day. Once i did my investigation and found out what they took i knew i had no chance in hell in saving my friend, but it still didnt stop the pain of losing him.
this wasnt the last time i would do CPR, but that one will always stick with me
Thank you Sir. My PT died from an aneurysm. It was my first time performing CPR and I knew we did our best. You acknowledged what I was already thinking.
this made me cry it helps as a firefighter to see this it explains so much but for me while it does help it doesnt take away all the pain nuthing ever will it dulls it but it helps be safe sir an take care
My friend Chris, I'd hate to think where we'd be as citizens without you heroes we call fire fighters! You were all my heroes while I was on the street as a paramedic and remind my son everytime we see a firefighter of how brave and selfless you all are. And how thankful we are that you all work such terrible hours and work so hard to keep us safe. Please have peace and shed the grief from anything that's trying to rob you of the confidence that you deserve because some people don't survive even though we try to save them. Everyone has a day to die, how wonderful it is that a person can pass from this earth knowing that humanity cared so much that they tried! Peace brother and please, keep up the great work! Roy
Thank you Roy! That was really passionate.
So glad I found your video.. after doing cpr on a stranger last night that went into cardiac arrest and did die I kept wondering if there was more I could have done. Your video gave me so much comfort and you explained it perfectly... Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart Thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for your video clip . After performing cpr on someone with not the best outcome i went through a rough patch and your video clip helped me come to terms with my contribution . Thanks so much
Thank you, so much. You have made it possible for me to understand.
I feel like a failure! I tried but in the end she died. This video helped me, I just wish it went the other way!
i found my grand father and 911 taught me how to do cpr over the phone and i failed also i kept his body alive but his brain died
I pray that you'll have peace in knowing that you did the best you could. To every person there is a time to live and a time to die. It's just never at the right time it seems. Please know that you and @ReviewCam and @Josh B all showed incredible compassion and showing that care to your loved ones is the best good bye a person could ever give. God bless you all. Peace Be With You!
You wish she failed cpr on you? yikes.. thats dark
My brother in law lived with my husband (his brother) and I. He came into our room at a little after midnight and told us he was having a hard time breathing. We called 911 and he had to wait 15 minutes or more before they got here and atleast 5 more here at home ..checking him out and then to get him into the ambulance. It took another 25 to get to the hospital. They worked on him but he passed a little after 2 am. My husband rode up front and the paramedic in the back kept telling the driver that "we gotta get him there" and to hurry." He's gone. I didn't give him an aspirin and it didn't cross my mind. Maybe it would have bought him time so that he could have been saved. My husband is grieving so hard. I don't know how to help him. He has heart failure and has a crt, defibrillator and pacemaker in his chest muscle and survived his heart attack. We thought his brother would be ok.
Sorely needed.
Great job.
Excellent explanation! your videos should be shown at all training sessions for CPR.
Amazing. Very well put. pat on the back for that. Brilliant. Thank you.
So many people think cpr will magically restart someone's heart.... well no. That's just simple logic.
Giving compressions is VERY important BUT obviously they do not replace AEDs (which restart the heart). Giving compressions only gets about 1/3 the amount of blood pumping throughout the body (vs if the heart was functioning normally).
thank you!! on Monday I had a customer have a heart attack and collapse and I started cpr and I took 15 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.the man did not survive and the whole week I have been trying to be strong but I have felt so much guilt in the fact that I failed and his partner and family now do not have their loved one. this video made me feel a little less shit about my situation xx
Excellent explanation...I've been in EMS for 30 years and a nurse for 12...I've done CPR and the BLS/ACLS algorithms more times than I can count...so many new trainees...new nurses, EMTs, Medics have felt defeated and have wanted to quit or felt disheartened...its tough to explain...many times the heart is already too damaged even before CPR for success...but you try in case they haven't reached that point...I ask trainees if they did everything they could...they can't ask anything more from themselves...I will point them to this video...you've done a great job in explaining it...
Explanations like this make it a million times more surreal that I was involved in a successful CPR incident (after I booted the first guy because I’m a control freak). I don’t think I’ll ever not be amazed by the “patient’s,” survival and recovery.
as you said it depends.For someone to get to a point where the heart rate and breathing stop it takes a good reasen for that to happen
Thank you for this video sir im so proud to all people saving life..
i just suddenly lost my soulmate of 20 years to cardiac arrest..i will miss him forever..thank you 💗
I needed this. I did cpr on my neighbor with no vitals until paramedics arrived.
Thank you. I believe American Heart Association should add this content to all of their advanced life support courses.
i salute you sir...great explanations...
Awesome, thank u
Well said
Well done
great video i had two bad arrest 29 year old pronounced on scene and a guy in his 60s found in the elevator all in the same day and was just thinking about why couldn't i save those lives. on the second arrest i was tell the guy your not dying on me im not losing another one we got a pulse back for about a min and he went back into arrest as soon as we pull in the ER bay sadly they called it in the ER and i kept blaming myself that maybe my cpr was off maybe i was not going deep enough or maybe if we had got medics quicker but this video has helped me with this minor PTSD i was going through lol i was having.. GREAT! VIDEO!
Hey friend! I hope and pray you have peace. I'm glad the video was helpful. It can be a normal thing for us in professional rescue to second guess our abilities. We're not perfect though we can try to be. But we do make a difference and you did make a difference as well. We have no idea what difference we make in keeping a person biologically alive a little while longer before their death is permanent. Maybe they have things they need to do before they die permanently. Maybe it gives loved ones, a few minutes to say goodbye or see them one more time. And if they are called right after we worked so hard to save them, our job was completed perfectly. No FAILURE! You succeeded to show compassion and love to a perfect stranger that may not have had anyone try anything if it wasn't for you! All we do is give people a possible second chance if it is meant to be. Holding the door open a little longer on the option. You completed everything you were suppose to do. And, the fact that we can provide care to a person who is dying or dead in a way that gives the person their dignity is a great tribute to their value as a human being! That in itself is fantastic. Ther's a lot of rescuers who blow it off, make jokes or show disrespect by not being careful with the body etc. You can make the difference and show them the final respects. Peace my friend! Roy
Very, very well said
My brother was an EMT for a little while. In his first week of the job, he said he reported to a half dozen heart attacks, smokers in their 50s. None of them survived. I don’t know if I could do it. I’d imagine it must feel terrible to lose patients.
Hey there @lorimeyers3839! Thank you for giving this feedback and for your brother's service. I think the vital take away, regardless of the end result is that we were compassionate fellow human beings and gave the victim the best chance at survival they could have regardless of how sick they are or what their chances of survival is. There are so many things going against the survival of a cardiac arrest victim and yet they actually do survive from time to time and when they do, they are so grateful to those who helped them survive. We never know who is going to survive and who isn't. When we dwell on the compassion of caring and helping and not on whether or not the person survived their very serious condition, we can feel good that the victory was in helping regardless the actual outcome. It feels great when they survive and have more time with loved ones, but it feels equally great to do the right thing and show love and compassion to a fellow human being when they are at their lowest physical point in life. That's what rescuers do. And everyone has the potential to be that rescuer. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.
Peace,
Roy, RoyOnRescue/ProTrainings.com
Thank you so much , I have struggled for 2 years after performing cpr on a stranger who survived but is totally brain damaged. I blame myself incase I did not do everything perfect.🙏💔
Thank you
Hi myself Lieutenant from Indian Army & also firefighter I just want to know that is it recommended to do foot CPR if we get tired while performing it,& thanks for sharing it on you tube loved to learn the skills of life saving.Your explanation is also good & lucid.Please help me by why Foot CPR is more effective than hands
So powerful
what causes cardiac arrest we we're speaking and he was just gone, can you prevent cardiac arrest
Thank you so much for this video...I will need to save it..as it will only be a matter of time...before i watch it again...unfortunately the underlying issue requires a transplant....but no longer eligible.
Please keep praying 🙏🏻 Lord is in change of our situation and only he can call when it’s time
keep up doing the good job .
Hello Nadir! Thank you for the encouragement!
Thank you, yes i tried to save my otherhalf. The medics that came didnt do anything. I blamed myself for weeks, but like you said, I did try
I never thought of it that way, we've lost all three of the PTs I've helped work. Can't change God's Will no matter how much epi and compression you do.
I think it's helpful to remember that every patient we work, as far as we're concerned, it's their day to survive and that's how we attack the case. But if they stay dead and we did the best we could, then that proves that indeed it was their day to die. Now, as a professional rescuer, we can always work hard to make sure that we're doing all that we have been trained to do plus, but we will not save every patient. In fact, them calling 911 or being in a health care setting says that they were really sick. Keep on rescuing Blake! We need you out there! Peace! Roy
Even Precordial thump please do video on it
Hey I liked the video. I lost my Dad last month of cardiac arrest. I just have a question, in your video you mentioned that a person in cardiac arrest doesn't die he just stays there ,what does that mean?
i think he means the person is already dead.
Sad but true...
His eyes remind me so much of Ben stiller
Yes...........
the music thou ..
i thought it was just me....
Does anyone know the name of the man in this video it is important I find out.
Lisa Groeger I think his name is Roy Shaw. Check our the RUclips channel then you'll see other videos and channels he has.
you so sweet💪🏻
The title of the video is miss leading. I was expecting to hear the signs and symptoms of a "collapsed body" such as woided bowels or presence of tremors or what ever it is when CPR knowingly will not produce desired results and is suggested useless, or in opposite whe CPR is desirable ..
I have a question
So sorry for the delay. If you still would like me to answer your question, please feel free to ask? Roy
I think one of the problems is the way it's depicted in movies, and shows.
If it doesn't mean that they'll live, then what is it? If they have died, and it's only to slow the death to begin fixing the problem, then what is it worth to try? How does it work if it doesn't actually pump the blood?
it works many, many times!!!! People have had their heartbeat restored by this procedure!!!! If you do NOT try, then they are most certainly not going to make it. So TRY!!!
watchgoose , but if they're going to die anyways then, why? If it only partially helps pump blood, but can't fully circulate, then what does it actually do to help?
this person Hey, we're all going to die eventually. Doesn't mean you don't jump in and try your best. I've done hundreds of arrest jobs in 20 years (knowing that the chances of success are slim). Most get called and we pronounce them deceased, But when we start we don't know whether this may at the least be a job where we can deliver a patient to the hospital with oxygenated organs for transplanting. A slim rate of success is better than none at all.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, I encourage you to look up a video on the physical aspects and diagrams on how CPR works.
? , can you send a good video on it?
He Is a FireFighter, Paramedic
keep it up
Thank you Nabeela Shoaib!
You cannot fix someone the underlying cause with CPR to begin with. You may not be able to help with CPR if; it was started too late, [but don't ever not do it because you're late arriving] or a pulmonary embolus, or certain aneurisms, too much blood loss, and a few other causes. So all we do is what we can. I was on a team that did CPR all night long on a child but we could not eliminate the toxins from her. We still felt terrible, but we couldn't fix the underlying problem.
That's true Genda. Sometimes we can fix the underlying cause of temporary death and sometimes we can't. You're so right that we do the best we can and do it with great human compassion and care and that's a wonderful gift to give to anyone! Peace!
Those who don't feel too much, are often more efficient. There are those who are special to nobody. Those who are useful, liked, appreciated... only in a war, but are still not crazy, so they'd start one. Those who don't "feel", but just do: Disliked and even hated under normal circumstances, just because they don't emo.
You're reminding me of a line from the film The Doctor (1991) about cutting straight
Maybe I can imagine about some really good sh*t and be at peace.
Good vid but the music isn't necessary
This video was perfect without the piano music
yes distracting.
Sounds like church prayer piano music
oh god
Hotel...Trivago
Stop the background music. Difficult to hear
when cpr fails you meet Jesus
annoying sad piano music
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This video could do without the annoying piano
Music is not needed here. We are trying to listen to you here??????
Can person get any more arrogant?
Get rid of the awful music!
Dude your super fucking animated and dramatic!!!
Thank you