"The main cause of death is that cells lack oxygen," explains Chen Rong-chi, president of the Lotus Hospice Foundation and director of Sanhsia's En Chu Kong Hospital. "When people have drowned, been electrocuted, suffered heart attacks or been in auto accidents, as long their cells haven't been without oxygen for more than eight minutes, CPR may be able to bring them back.
「死亡的最主要原因是細胞缺氧。在溺水、觸電、心臟病突發或車禍等情形中，只要缺氧的時間不長，用『心肺復甦術』來搶救，可以使患者的呼吸、心跳又接續起來，往往能撿回一條命」，佛教蓮花臨終關懷基金會董事長、三峽恩主公醫院院長陳榮基解釋。