TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down13
arrow-up1255arrow-down1external-linkTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoWho was at risk of being shocked? If it was the person being executed: Isn’t that the whole idea? edit: Or maybe they were just worried that the defibrilator would have prevented him from dying. 🤔
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoI think the point of concern is that it prolonged the entire procedure. His heart was simultaneously being chemically stopped and electrically jump-started.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThe defibrillator might actually make it a horrible slow death. Imagine dying over and over again.
minus-squareDa Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoThere was a concern that the defibrillator would keep bringing him back to life.
minus-squarecjoll4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoYeah, the concern was that the defibrillator was shocking his heart as his heart rate slowed down, causing unnecessary pain and distress.
Who was at risk of being shocked?
If it was the person being executed: Isn’t that the whole idea?
edit: Or maybe they were just worried that the defibrilator would have prevented him from dying. 🤔
I think the point of concern is that it prolonged the entire procedure. His heart was simultaneously being chemically stopped and electrically jump-started.
The defibrillator might actually make it a horrible slow death. Imagine dying over and over again.
There was a concern that the defibrillator would keep bringing him back to life.
Yeah, the concern was that the defibrillator was shocking his heart as his heart rate slowed down, causing unnecessary pain and distress.