Field saves are so effing rare, even with full paramedic units and 3-5 min arrival times, that they are pretty much below the statistical noise floor.
In 15 years I am trying to recall a cardiac arrest save which did not occur in front of me where I already had the ECG attached and and IV line in. I suppose the prevalence of automatic defibrillators will raise the odds since quickly applied electricity is the best chance for survival.
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I’ve heard stats trotted out that your best chances in a non-medical setting are in a big casino in Las Vegas because of all the body guards who are required to have a lot of medical practice and situational awareness to know where all the AEDs are, plus all the cameras watching everyone from every angle so the CO knows exactly when someone drops and can alert in seconds.
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The casinos are brilliant panopticons from scientific standpoint for doing these studies and were the laboratory setting for testing and eventually rolling out AEDs like fire extinguishers at other public locations to be operated by the public.
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the cinnamon challenge was meant to be done with cassia.
It’s still a bloody stupid thing to do.
? I never implied it wasn’t. In fact it’d be arguably less dangerous in verum, cassia is much burnier. That line was part of an argument that cassia isn’t an inferior “fake” cinnamon. It’s just a different variety with distinct uses from the others. Like killing children, cassia is great for that.
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