Originally Posted by
Madone59
If you were in EWR this evening, by the security between the high C gates and the triple digit C gates; specifically in front of Johnston and Murphy a man passed away around 8:30pm.
He and his family should be in our thoughts (he was traveling with his wife). I watched the event occur, and was shocked by the slow response from the police or EMT's. Some people said it took the EMT 10 minutes, some said 15, all I know is that by time they showed up the CPR was pointless.
Sorry you had to watch that.
Can I add, and I am a researcher involved with the group that writes the international resuscitation evidence statements, that you shouldn't feel that the 10-15 minutes of CPR you did was pointless. Any attempt at resuscitation is better than no attempt, and there are many cases where people have survived 15 minutes of bystander CPR. Please don't be discouraged from trying again next time.
Also, many airports (I know ORD especially) have large amounts of automatic defibrillators. If a bystander can get to one of those, before the EMTs arrive, you have greatly increased the chance of survival.