"He said at least one patient had had the procedure but did not elaborate on whether that patient or any others had survived." I think this is a pretty important detail to leave out.
It would be a bit early to give some overeager journalist something to "report" (let's be real, more like: "exaggerate beyond recognition").
When patients only have a 5% chance of making it without the procedure, you need a lot more than a few trials to get a good idea of whether this procedure helps.
Also if I was a patient who just survived some traumatic injury from which a full recovery is unlikely, the last thing I would want is a bunch of journalists of all people bearing down on me immediately after. I rarely talk to journalists on my best days.
It would be interesting to see how a healthy person reacts if they go through the emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR) procedure.
-Anonymous Surgeon
Sounds made up, but I’d it’s not, that’s fucked up. You can’t do that by mistake.