# Cpr

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937 "2002-10-26T02:30:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Caitriona318](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Caitriona318](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caitriona318)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937/1 "2002-10-26T02:30:05Z")

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Hey I am looking for any info anybody has about CPR. I am mostly looking for statitics on how many people know it, the perecentage of lives it saves, the percentage of people that have died that could have been saved…anything like that.  
Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937/2 "2002-10-26T03:53:53Z")

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I get CPR training once a year through my work. Once a fireman tought it and he said he uses it regularly. Another trainer has never used it.  
I have not used it, but feel comfortable having been trained often.

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**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937/3 "2002-10-26T15:01:32Z")

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Thought this may be a bit harder than hoped. Whilst you may be able to find regionalised statistics about certain specifics of CPR, the [American Heart Association](http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4483) had this to say:

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> There are no reliable national statistics on CPR because no single agency collects information about how many people get CPR, how many don’t get it who need it, how many people are trained, etc. Many studies have examined CPR in specific communities. While they show varying rates of success, all are consistent in showing benefits from early CPR.

I hope you can find more about what you are looking for. Perhaps Google your area, or try the local Red Cross?

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**Author:** ![Yeah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dbc845/32.png) [@Yeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeah)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr/133937/4 "2002-10-26T15:44:20Z")

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Go to [http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi](http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi)  
and search for “cardiopulmonary resuscitation/statistics and numerical data”[MESH]. This will give you a list of articles, some of which may have some of the information you seek.

For example,

Circulation 2002 Aug 27;106(9):1065-70  
Tripling survival from sudden cardiac arrest via early defibrillation without traditional education in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  
Capucci A, Aschieri D, Piepoli MF, Bardy GH, Iconomu E, Arvedi M.

Resuscitation 2002 May;53(2):121-5  
An analysis of time factors in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Osaka Prefecture. Hayashi Y, Hiraide A, Morita H, Shinya H, Nishiuchi T, Mukainaka S, Kai T, Fujii C.

Resuscitation 2002 Jan;52(1):23-9  
Estimated cost effectiveness of a police automated external defibrillator program in a suburban community: 7 years experience. Forrer CS, Swor RA, Jackson RE, Pascual RG, Compton S, McEachin C.

Resuscitation 2001 Sep;50(3):273-9  
Bystander initiated actions in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: results from the Amsterdam Resuscitation Study (ARRESUST). Waalewijn RA, Tijssen JG, Koster RW.

et cetera