Do you want to be resuscitated? This is what you should think about before deciding
- Written by Barbara Jean Hayes, Honorary Academic, University of Melbourne

Every day, in every hospital, doctors and nurses respond to “code blue” situations. This is an emergency alert for when a patient’s heart stops beating, called a cardiac arrest.
To save the patient’s life, medical and nursing staff will often administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR involves repeated...