TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down13
arrow-up1250arrow-down1videoTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-23 days 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-up8·3 days 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-up5·3 days agoThe defibrillator might actually make it a horrible slow death. Imagine dying over and over again.
minus-squarecjoll4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoYeah, the concern was that the defibrillator was shocking his heart as his heart rate slowed down, causing unnecessary pain and distress.
minus-squareDa Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThere was a concern that the defibrillator would keep bringing him back to life.
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.
Yeah, the concern was that the defibrillator was shocking his heart as his heart rate slowed down, causing unnecessary pain and distress.
There was a concern that the defibrillator would keep bringing him back to life.