02-10-14 15:35 pm – Source: Reuters
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It’s raining requests for non-resuscitate penny. “Over the past six weeks we have 5,000 pennies spent. That is the same as normal in a whole year. ” That said Petra de Jong, director of the Dutch Association for Voluntary-Life (NVVE) today after reports of EenVandaag
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The reason for the many applications According to De Jong recent media attention to the penny. “There are then also named figures on the chance that someone 70 years or older survives resuscitation. That chance is very small. This has prompted many people to ask, “the medallion on said De Jong.
The Foundation qualifies the figures NVVE. “Those are not correct: they are dated, not the situation in the Netherlands are not about resuscitation outside the hospital funds,” says a spokeswoman. ‘At the moment, the survival of a CPR in the Netherlands, around 10 percent, where the quality of life of the survivors is good. The Foundation is working to get it. “Survival to 25 percent
The survival after resuscitation according to the Heart Foundation does not depend on the age of the victim, but especially the swiftness and quality of resuscitation.
In total, some 25,000 Dutch now have a non-resuscitate penny. Then is that the wearer wants to be. Not resuscitated The majority of the applicants is between 60 and 80 years old
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