# Ep131: The semantics of CPR

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Podcast: [Pomegranate Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pomegranate-health-4653)
Published: 2025-06-19T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this podcast we discuss low-value care that has emerged from a decay in the specificity of the terms “cardiac arrest” and “cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” Patients who experience cardiac arrest in hospital are rarely more than a minute or two away from defibrillation. But the proportion of shockable rhythms in these patients is low as the heart has typically stopped after the decline of other systems. In such conditions, chest compressions are more likely to cause unnecessary trauma than i...

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