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Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 27 6:07am | Replies (6)

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Thank you for your response. I have thought about getting a medic alert tag. I would hope that an instant heart stopping event will not occur and if I have an event I can get to an ER before that happens. Someone asked me about it and I just did not know how to respond. Of course it seems that CPR could cause further dilation of the aorta

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | May 24 2:48pm

@ghk Yes, it could affect the aneurysm, BUT CPR is only done when no heartbeat or breathing is detected. Without these, you have only minutes before irreversible brain damage or death, so intervention is not optional.

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