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| - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency first aid protocol for an unconscious person on whom both breathing and pulse cannot be detected. For some very basic RL information on CPR, see the Useful Notes subpage. The defibrillator is older than CPR, invented in 1947 after half a century of animal testing, but that's another trope. For an equally Clean, Pretty, and Reliable healing technique, see Psychic Surgery. See also Worst Aid. Examples of CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable include:
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| - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency first aid protocol for an unconscious person on whom both breathing and pulse cannot be detected. For some very basic RL information on CPR, see the Useful Notes subpage.
* Clean (doesn't take into account hygiene, oral-vector diseases, or any precautions against these.)
* Pretty (it's heroic to know how to do CPR; unless the show is a Sitcom or an Anime series, hold the Ho Yay! or anxiety for the perception of same. It also gives a reason for a male character to undo a female one's blouse- or vice versa)
* Reliable (unless the story calls for the character to be Killed Off for Real or Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence, he'll be back in action, no muss, no fuss. If the character is destined to die, his rescuers will give up the situation as hopeless within just a few minutes.) In fact, a 1996 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that CPR success rates in television shows was 75%.
* R can also be for "Romantic," since the resuscitated character, if of the opposite gender, will often react to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by kissing their rescuer passionately. This is as opposed to the more realistic reaction of throwing up, groaning and feeling like hell. In reality, it isn't clean, pretty, reliable or romantic. It's an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed, has no pulse, and has stopped breathing. It's not fast either - the purpose is to buy time until advanced help is available by circulating blood and preventing brain damage from lack of oxygen. More importantly, you're not supposed to give up after a minute or two just because they haven't started breathing on their own; rather, you should keep going until advanced help gets there. CPR is Newer Than They Think; it was only developed in 1957, and public education on it began in the 1960s. This is after nearly 200 years of serious attempts to revive the dying. Prior to that, resuscitation involved the Holger Nielsen method (ca. 1900), and the Silvester method (late 1800s) before that, which were only really effective on a victim whose heart was still beating. The defibrillator is older than CPR, invented in 1947 after half a century of animal testing, but that's another trope. For an equally Clean, Pretty, and Reliable healing technique, see Psychic Surgery. See also Worst Aid. Examples of CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable include:
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