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Thursday 10 January 2013

Howard Snitzer - The Man Who Was Dead For 96 Minutes.


In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across the street and quickly began CPR. Before long, a large group of rescuers, including a helicopter and team from the Mayo Clinic, arrived to help. Finally, after 12 defibrillation shocks, antiarrhythmic drugs and more than an hour and a half of continuous resuscitation, Snitzer's pulse returned. It had been 96 minutes since he had collapsed.

Generally, if a victim's pulse has not started after 45 minutes of CPR, resuscitation is discontinued.

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