Apparently, the Doctors Had Nothing Better To Do That Entire Afternoon
Honestly, there comes a point where any further resuscitation is pointless. The longer the heart is stopped, the harder it is to get working again. Plus, in the several hours they’ve worked to resuscitate this patient, noxious chemicals have built up in his system causing severe organ damage and muscle breakdown (rigor mortis, for example).
Scene from Grimms’s Ghost Stories #6. Yes, I know this is from a horror comic — where the science is even worse than super-hero comics — but we already have a problem in this country with too many people having unrealistic views of resuscitation and end of life care, expecting miracles from medicine and/or god. The end result is the unnecessary prolongation of the suffering of patients with nothing to show for it. I refuse to encourage this.
Plus it seems they’re massaging his heart through his liver.
5 Responses to “ Apparently, the Doctors Had Nothing Better To Do That Entire Afternoon ”
September 6th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Been lurking your blog for quite some time, but I have to stand up and clap for you for this post. Thanks for the laughs (horrible though the reason)!
September 6th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Thank you for saying this. Kids sometimes, especially if they’ve been in ice-cold water, but adults? Not likely.
September 6th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
“Plus it seems they’re massaging his heart through his liver.”
Well, obviously, that’s what did the trick. Why didn’t anyone think of it before?
September 7th, 2010 at 7:25 am
After being “literally dead” for hours? That’s not resuscitation, that’s zombiefication!
September 7th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Miricle max: Hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.
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