I had to help give CPR to someone recently, and their eyes were partly open. Got me wondering whether they were partly conscious while I was doing compressions.

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    2 years ago

    If someone needs CPR, they’re dead and you’re trying to bring them back to life. They weren’t conscious and won’t remember receiving CPR.

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    So you know that thing on TV where they take the paddles and go “CLEAR!” and shock the patient?

    I had that done. Was mildly sedated. Didn’t even know it happened. Woke up and went “Did it work?” and the doc was like “Yeah, you already asked that question…”

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    I haven’t had it but my mom did. She experienced or remembered none of the actual cpr but the recovery from bruising and broken ribs was so painful that she signed a do not resuscitate order saying she would rather die than have cpr again.

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    Can’t tell if lemmyns is a typo or on purpose. If purposeful, please explain

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    Saw it done on someone once. If you’re in bad enough shape that you’re getting it, you are for sure not going to remember it. Which is good because it’s fucking violent

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    I don’t remember it, but I’m still alive 25 years later

    and very grateful to Mrs. Sarah Boyd, wherever you are… :')

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    Does it count if it was received when it wasn’t needed and just part of the CPR training class? For some reason this one CPR training session I had for some damn thing (I’ve done a few of these because of boy scouts and jobs I’ve had) didn’t have the dummies, so we had to practice on each other.

    It was weird. I really would only want someone doing it when it’s absolutely necessary.

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      This is dangerous in two ways. 1: teaches people not to use enough force. 2: if they do use enough force, you get broken ribs without need.