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Anecdotal evidence

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Bollocks

There are times when people have their heart stopped and are kept alive by a heart and lung machine so these people are clinically dead and brought back to life when their heart us restarted or a transplanted heart is re started.

Then there are people who hearts stops for 10 minutes they get their heart restarted and have no brain damage.

More studies needed.

Well i choked on a piece of steak and had i been alone i would have died !

I felt things shutting down as i was getting no air , luckily they performed the Hymnic manouvre on me , believe you know you are shutting down as you do feel and sense it happening, it was one of the most scary moments of my life !

In the first case, a machine is doing the job of the heart. In the second case, people who have gone into full cardiac arrest... Only if CPR has been being done for those 10 minutes, in which case, a person is doing the job of the heart. Blood / oxygen are still getting to the brain.

I honestly never knew that this is why CPR works, and now I feel silly.

I believe it tbf. I'd imagine there would be at least some activity directly after death, like the neurons in the brain would probably slow down before stopping completely? I'm not sure we'll ever have firm evidence either way though.

What did you think the point of chest compressions was? [emoji23]

I never thought about it before! It was always just a thing that worked, I didn't question it! But its so obvious now that i feel so thick haha.