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Cardiac arrest, also known as Sudden Cardiac Arrest, is when the heart stops beating suddenly. The lack of blood flow to the brain and other organs can cause a person to lose consciousness, become disabled or die if not treated immediately.
The terms ‘heart attack’ and ‘cardiac arrest’ are often used interchangeably, but these are two different heart conditions.
A heart attack occurs when there is a blockage in the arteries that stops blood flow in the heart. Due to the lack of blood and oxygen flowing in the heart, the heart muscle tissue will become damaged. Heart attacks can increase the risk for cardiac arrest because heart attacks can alter electrical signals in the heart.
CPR – or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. Immediate CPR can double or triple chances of survival after cardiac arrest.
If someone experiences cardiac arrest, they need immediate treatment to increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to their organs. CPR is the compression over the chest to manually pump a patients heart. Rescue breaths are preformed to provide oxygen to the body.
During CPR, proper hand placement on the lower half of the sternum is crucial. Placing hands over the sternum ensures effective chest compressions directly above the heart, optimizing blood circulation throughout the body.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the overall survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is around 10%. However, survival rates can be improved if bystander CPR is started immediately. Studies have shown that bystander CPR increases the chances of survival for someone experiencing cardiac arrest. In fact, the AHA reports that survival rates increases to 40% or higher when bystander CPR is performed promptly. The surival rate is between 24% and 40% for those that happen in the hospital, according to the report published online in the Emergency Medicine Journal.
CPR is preformed between 100 - 120 beats per minute. Famously Staying Alive by the Bee Gees is the same beat. A large list of songs with the correct BPM can be found here
The American Red Cross gives the following list of steps to asses if CPR is needed and how to preform:
1 CHECK the scene for safety, form an initial impression and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
2 If the person appears unresponsive, CHECK for responsiveness, breathing, life-threatening bleeding or other life-threatening conditions using shout-tap-shout
3 If the person does not respond and is not breathing or only gasping, CALL 9-1-1 and get equipment, or tell someone to do so
4 Kneel beside the person. Place the person on their back on a firm, flat surface
5 The American Red Cross CPR guidelines recommend 100 to 120 chest compressions per minute, 30 at a time. Remember these five points:
Hand position: Two hands centered on the chest
Body position: Shoulders directly over hands; elbows locked
Compression depth: At least 2 inches
Rate of compressions: 100 to 120 per minute
Allow chest to return to normal position after each compression
6
Give 2 breaths
Open the airway to a past-neutral position using the head-tilt/chin-lift technique Pinch the nose shut, take a normal breath, and make complete seal over the person’s mouth with your mouth. Ensure each breath lasts about 1 second and makes the chest rise; allow air to exit before giving the next breath Note: If the 1st breath does not cause the chest to rise, retilt the head and ensure a proper seal before giving the 2nd breath If the 2nd breath does not make the chest rise, an object may be blocking the airway
7 Continue giving sets of 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths. Use an AED as soon as one is available! Minimize interruptions to chest compressions to less than 10 seconds.
Sources:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/cardiac-arrest
https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/cpr-facts-and-stats
https://www.mycprcertificationonline.com/blog/cpr-success-rate
Instructional images from the AHS Basic Life Support Manual (2020)
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Finished Fake It by Lily Seabrooke some spoilers
I dunno about this book honestly, like it didnt really carry me the whole way. I feel like the narrative as a whole took a step down and got a bit worse after they fucked for the first time.
The end interview scene was good though, if very cliche. I just skipped the last few chapters, apparentely they made love for the first time or whatever.
Also four sex scenes is EXCESSIVE for the word count and reminds me of the worst fucking fan fics I've ever read. You don't need to write them fucking every time they do! ugh anyway, the first half was good, but then it became straight up meh.
Kudos, but no bookmark.
I happen to like this dynamic (both the two gays vs two ebil villains, and the nerdy bottom/done-up top one) but Fake It is not the best of the Port Andrea books. I uh wouldn't recommend it if not for the trans rep lmao. "Good but not that good" does sum it up...
sex scenes take up a lot of words, and like if I want to read about fucking it's pretty easy to find fics for that, if you're trying to do a real story then that amount could've been like halved.
Also yeah, i would kudos this but would not bookmark it to my ao3 account
This contrast of opinions I find awesome. I used to hear a lot of people say tradpubs were too chaste or only ever had the one insufficient spicy bit at the end, lmao. Pretty based of you though, ngl...
for a filthy allosexual, eh?
thank you 
it obviously depends on the book, but I like for the sex scenes to have a point. Unless you're going for the full "No Plot, Just Porn", it just seems out of place to have multiple sex scenes that don't serve any point beyond the sex
Most of the smut I've read has also had more plot tho
much to think abt... But yes I agree.
Actually back in the day one of my favourite points to belabour was how often sex scenes in books did not tell us ANYTHING useful or character developing, anything. Sex for its own sake is fine obviously, but if you're trying to have a story...
YES! Exactly! I have read a few amazing fan fics that had a lot of sex scenes, but it never seemed to be there just because. It always had a point they were telling and it's so good when it's done like that.
It's a core tenet a lot of books seem to miss :/ cool fanfic comes out on top once again :/
this one is a good example there's a lot of fucking between a lot of the pairings but it tries to further the plot or character motivations, it's not just there to be ogled at. Also that fic is