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Mar 11

A 54-year-old Man Survives After 96 Hours of CPR

(Newser) – Minnesota man Howard Snitzer survived for an incredible 96 minutes without a pulse thanks to a device called a capnograph—and the determination of two dozen first responders. The device, which measures how much carbon dioxide is expelled with each breath, lets doctors know how much blood is being carried to vital organs. It was carried by a nurse who treated the 54-year-old after he collapsed from a heart attack. Responders, encouraged by signals that their efforts were working, took turns to continue CPR on Snitzer long after emergency room doctors told them he was dead. He survived without brain damage.

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