I read that only 1 out 100 people that get CPR resuscitate without lasting injury, and some vast amount (about 85%) actually die. Part of that is due to the time it takes first responders (ambulance) to reach the person and transport them.
Some uber drivers could take a CPR course, and, noting the Samaritan law (approximately, if you are trying to save a life, you are not responsible for things going wrong) Could then pull up in 2 or 3 minutes, do CPR and then transport! possibly saving 15 minutes from the trip. They could do this at one state then measure the outcomes at both saving lives and preventing harm to the resuscitated.-- beanangel, Jan 06 2017 CPR (heart attack) survival rates https://www.google....s&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 [beanangel, Jan 06 2017] //some vast amount (I feel like it was 1/3) actually die//
I think the failure rate of CPR, even if administered promptly and properly, is mich higher than 33%.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 06 2017 [mb] it is much worse than I thought The web says it is 15% survival professional, 8% amateur.-- beanangel, Jan 06 2017 RIP Carrie Fisher-- popbottle, Jan 06 2017 // The web says it is 15% survival professional, 8% amateur//
It would be interesting to know how time-critical those numbers are. For instance, does the 8% fall to 4% if delayed by 2 minutes?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 07 2017 //do CPR and then transport!// - I think you misunderstand the preceding statements about survival. CPR is what you do to keep oxygenated blood moving while "something to fix what's actually wrong" is on the way (CPR is what you do for someone who has no pulse - that's not to say it's necessarily a heart attack). Ie the CPR doesn't stop, therefore the uber driver in your scenario is just a quicker first responder. That said, maybe that would help. The fantasy movie scenario where you give some CPR and they just cough, wake up, then get up and move about is just that - pure fantasy. Generally, CPR continues until the patient is made stable by other means.
Also, I don't think most uber drivers would like to put dying people into their cars, with blood and other bodily fluids leaking all over the place. Maybe they would on a once-off basis, but I reckon they'd get tired of having to get their car detailed with no compensation.
You'd get much better results having ubers carry, or just more widely disseminate automatic defibrillators, and/or comprehensive first aid kits. Even better results for training more and more people to perform CPR properly - and use defibrillators.-- Custardguts, Jan 08 2017 Ambufreelancers.-- notexactly, Jan 09 2017 random, halfbakery