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...cardiopulmonary resuscitation disc, developed by the American Heart Association to instruct trainees in saving cardiac arrest victims, is so interactive that it practically cries "Ouch!" The disc is linked to a mannequin equipped with 14 sensors, and it tells the trainee exactly where to push, pound, pinch or pummel. Instructing the trainee how to compress the victim's chest, the videodisc might say, "Find the notch on the sternum," or perhaps, "A little more gently this time." At the course's conclusion, the system gives a complete exam, grades it, and can certify the student in cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Describing Kissinger's post-operative recovery as "routine" and "straightforward," Dr. Roman DeSanctis, chief of cardiac serious at MGM, said yesterday, "Any Complications are unexpected. His heart achieved beautifully after the operation...
...claiming to have had an NDE, as Moody did, Sabom questioned a random sample of patients who had suffered near fatal medical crises, defined as any unconscious bodily state that "would be expected to result in irreversible biological death in the majority of instances." Three-quarters had been in cardiac arrest. A few had already been given up for dead. One soldier, for instance, was discovered to be alive only when a mortician saw blood flowing from a vein into which he was about to inject embalming fluid...
...readings on a monitor, the color of an oxygen mask, the number of electric shocks administered, the exact position of doctors around the table and what they talked about (in one case, golf). These memories, Sabom found, conformed precisely with doctors' accounts. Was it possible that some chronic cardiac patients were simply familiar enough with CPR procedures (from experience and television) to fantasize accurately about what took place? Sabom put this to the test by asking longtime heart patients who had not had NDEs to describe such procedures. Twenty out of 23 made major errors in their accounts...
Stanford, 49, was chief of cardiac surgery at the Lackland Air Force Base medical center near San Antonio. The military hospital has a good reputation, and so did the University of Iowa-trained surgeon when he arrived there in 1965. In 1977, however, Dr. Gary Akins, a subordinate, began wondering about Stanford's abilities. He studied an 18-month period and found that 43% of Stanford's patients, 17 in all, had died during or shortly after their operations; the hospital average was 6%. Akins says his study was sent to Stanford's boss, General Paul Myers...