▲ 90 ▼ Risks of CPR (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments If proper CPR involves compressing the chest so much such that the ribcage might break - doesnt that breakage risks a bone puncturing the heart?
[+] rikudou@lemmings.world -21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Yes. Defibrillator is useless if your heart has stopped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) No, its useless if their heart has stopped. Two different things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Defibrillators are useless when your dead permalink fedilink source parent [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago Fixed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Labonnie@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago That's incorrect. Someone might be not breathing for a number of reasons. Most likely however, when you find them unconscious & not breathing on the street it's for cardiac reasons. And then a defibrillator is the one best treatment for that (if the heart has a shockable rhythm that is). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) No, its useless if their heart has stopped. Two different things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Defibrillators are useless when your dead permalink fedilink source parent [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago Fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Defibrillators are useless when your dead permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Labonnie@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago That's incorrect. Someone might be not breathing for a number of reasons. Most likely however, when you find them unconscious & not breathing on the street it's for cardiac reasons. And then a defibrillator is the one best treatment for that (if the heart has a shockable rhythm that is). permalink fedilink source parent