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Old 09-22-2005, 08:43 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Captain Blondebeard
Hmmm, my wife watches those trauma shows on the discovery travel every night and they just discussed this not too long ago. I'm not going to say you are wrong because I might have misunderstood but perhaps the impact caused a domino effect triggering a heart stoppage.
Have you ever taken CPR? One of the things they tell you is to NEVER try this on a person whose heart is still beating - Why? because you can make it stop by thumping on it. One simple hard impact CAN stop the heart. Or - if the heart has stopped for some reason, a thump can make it start it again. And I wouldn't believe everything you see on TV shows, even on the Discovery channel - there have been some really blatant errors there.

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