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Brain dead woman comes back to life after ambulance hits huge pothole on UP highway (www.wionews.com)

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[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago* (17 children)

Do you know in the movies when they dramatically slam someone’s chest and yell “live damn it”?

That is called the precordial thump, and it used to be used in codes

Sometimes a good wallop is all someone needs

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 59 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Percussive maintenance, now for people too!

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[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Always has been

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[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

That's what I call beating my children. Those mines aren't going to dig themselves.

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[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Fido, no! Landmines are unethical!

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

This precordial thump used to be part of my IT toolkit.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

He’s dead, Jim!

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Imagine how cool you'd feel if you revive someone with one of those

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[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Arthur Fonzarelli, MD

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[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

For the same reason a good hard hit in the chest can stop your heart.

Also, the defib is doing something similar, it’s not shock starting your heart it’s trying to send a unified shock to get it all back in rhythm.

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Medical beds should be built to automatically quickly lower someone to simulate hitting a big bump when vitals drop.

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[–] uselessartifact@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

A glitch launches the patient instead. Possibly has the same results, plus or minus a few extra contusions.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I just figured it was extra-desperate CPR and never saw a reason to question its legitimacy.

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[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Being fair it kind of is, which is why it’s not really used anymore.

It’s kind of “a 1% success chance is better than a 0% chance” type deal

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I was 95% sure you were trolling, but holy shit

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago*

Considering that technique was discovered by hitting a pothole as well, maybe whomping from the back would be more effective. Or picking up and dropping the patient.

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