How defibrillators work in movies:
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And the outcomes are terrible. No one walks out of the hospital IF they survive CPR.
I hate medical procedurals' clean endings.
@BenHM3 @eviljackcarver @drmaddkap Some survive, but not all that many. I do remember admitting a patient to ITU from the operating theatre recovery after a successful restart of his heart, thinking it would be doom and gloom in the morning. When I arrived, he was just getting back from the shower.
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@drmaddkap @book See also : Gunshot wounds in movies. Sure, that little dressing will fix you up nicely. Of course you'll be able to run, jump and fight with no issues what so ever :D
@PeteLittle @drmaddkap @book Black Knight: It's only a scratch!
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How defibrillators work in movies:
“There’s no pulse. CLEAR! *zap* Oh thank God, he’s coming back.”
How defibrillators work in real life:
“He’s asystole. Call it. Time of death 5:23PM”
@drmaddkap Don't defibrilators do a lot fancier stuff than just that?
> “He’s asystole. Call it. Time of death 5:23PM”
"My Robot Buddy the Defibrillator" or something. -
@book The same person who decided to put “shot of adrenaline through the chest into the heart” as part of a movie.
That’s not life saving. That’s instant death. Rupture the heart wall, quick bleed out.
I injected adrenaline once, thanks Hunter S. Thompson. It floored me. I never did it again.
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@drmaddkap CPR in films: clean, pretty, reliable
CPR in real life: you probably just broke a rib, you're tired by the second set, and there's still no/weak pulse. Oh and that snoring? Yeah, that's agonal breathing. They're not back yet. Keep going.
@eviljackcarver I figure there's good reason why, in actual first aid classes covering CPR, the instructor will reiterate "keep doing CPR until the ambulance arrives and trained medics take over".
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How defibrillators work in movies:
“There’s no pulse. CLEAR! *zap* Oh thank God, he’s coming back.”
How defibrillators work in real life:
“He’s asystole. Call it. Time of death 5:23PM”
@drmaddkap With all due respect, I say this as someone who spent twenty minutes dead and is only alive due to CPR and a defibrillator?
Bullshit.
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@drmaddkap With all due respect, I say this as someone who spent twenty minutes dead and is only alive due to CPR and a defibrillator?
Bullshit.
@digitalraven @drmaddkap You were insanely lucky! The survival rate for CPR/defib is not great: around 7-8% of patients on whom rescus is attempted survive to see hospital discharge.
It's still worth doing, but most media portrayals are very misleading.
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@digitalraven @drmaddkap You were insanely lucky! The survival rate for CPR/defib is not great: around 7-8% of patients on whom rescus is attempted survive to see hospital discharge.
It's still worth doing, but most media portrayals are very misleading.
@cstross @drmaddkap I'm aware of how lucky I am, but 7-8% is way better than 0% and I'd rather people try than assume it won't ever work.
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How defibrillators work in movies:
“There’s no pulse. CLEAR! *zap* Oh thank God, he’s coming back.”
How defibrillators work in real life:
“He’s asystole. Call it. Time of death 5:23PM”
@drmaddkap Does sticking nails through one’s hand stave off death like in Bladerunner?
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How defibrillators work in movies:
“There’s no pulse. CLEAR! *zap* Oh thank God, he’s coming back.”
How defibrillators work in real life:
“He’s asystole. Call it. Time of death 5:23PM”
@drmaddkap also in film: no broken ribs
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