Not wishing to blow my own trumpet but I 'saved' a guys life by giving him CPR....paramedics arrived 11 minutes after I started CPR..he lived!!! In their words, they told me that I saved his life purely because I kept his heart beating until a defib arrived. It took 4 blasts on said defib to bring him back to life. I was also told that the CPR that I gave prevented him from serious brain damage. I was also told that you cannot 'f**k about' when deciding if to give CPR....that action decides if they live or die ( or live in a vegetive state ) !!! Enough said!!!