New CPR and Hydergine

The brain is a unique organ , weighing less than 3 kgms ( approximately 4 pounds) but receiving over one fifth or 20% of the blood circulation. This disproportion is because of the brains high demand for oxygen and glucose. To meet this oxygen demand in victims who collapse (no pulse or respiration ) the Mayo Clinic has developed a modified form of CPR called continuous chest compression which does not require mouth to mouth action. Details of this modified CPR can be viewed on your you tube file:///Users/docSam/Desktop/http-::www.youtube.com:watch%3Fv=E5huVSebZpM.webloc

During my clinical years of practice I occasionally used a drug called hydergine in attempts to delay the progression of senile dementia in my patients. After viewing this new CPR on my computer I went to my library pulled out the text book entitled Life Extension by Pearson and Shaw and began reading Chapter 2: Revitalizing Your Brain Power. I was especially intrigued by the 2nd paragraph on p.177 were a group in France detailed their "reanimation " experiments on "dead persons back to life" as well as their administration preoperative to patients on the operating table in which they injected hydergine into the carotid artery. In a later chapter in this same text the authors recommend that doctors may wish to include injectable hydergine in their first aid kits. However since hydergine is also available as a sublingual pill- like nitroglycerine- paramedics and even the lay public may wish to include it in their purses along with reliable ASA.

Probably the Mayo clinic might wish to evaluate the possible use on hydergine in their CPR. Readers too -especially health care professionals- are also urged to read the fascinating scientific and other publications on this drug. According to one source in the 1980's hydergine was the worlds 5th most popular prescription drug.

As a footnote the acronym CPR- used for cardio-pulmonary -resuscitation should probably now drop the "P" as there no longer is a pulmonary component. If this drug (hydergine) proves beneficial a new acronym for this procedure might be CRH where H stands for hydergine .