there is some milage in what is being discussed here. whether we like it or not, we're all going to die. thats a given fact of life. i cannot condone euthanasia by default, this should be an allowed personal choice. however, the statistics in an NHS hospital, with full resus training and fully experienced resus teams are no better. the survival rates of having a cardiac arrest, being resusitated and walking out the door of an hospital aliive are also about 3-5%, despite what the daily mail may say. Adults usually have cardiac arrest for heart disease, when the heart has sustained serious damage or its just plain old and knackered.