Michael Jackson.

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kathi" <sassykat1121963 at ...> wrote:
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> I've been following this all day.  ... Michael collapsed in his home.  Someone (no reports on who) started giving Michael CPR. When the paramedics arrived, there was no pulse.  They continued CPR until they arrived in the ER, and from what has been reported, never restarted his pulse.  ...  So in a way, it's a blessing that Michael passed away.  Because if they were able to revive him in the ER, I can almost guarantee he would have been in a permanant vegetative state.  ...
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Not necessarily. The person on the scene who started CPR was Michael's personal physician. The Ambulance continued CPR until they reached the hospital. Michael's brains was never truly without oxygen because of the CPR, though, while not without oxygen, it was probably, to a limited degree, oxygen deprived or oxygen diminished.

Manual CPR is not a substitute for a hospital, but it can extend the time a person can go without a self-beating heart before damage occurs.

But, I actually don't dispute your final point. Likely Michael would have been damaged in some way as a result; brain damaged, heart damaged, soul damaged, whatever. 

Steve/bboyminn