TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down14
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkTennessee executes man with implanted heart device despite concerns over shock riskwww.cbsnews.comTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-228 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-up7·27 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-up5·28 days agoThe defibrillator might actually make it a horrible slow death. Imagine dying over and over again.
minus-squareDa Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoThere was a concern that the defibrillator would keep bringing him back to life.
minus-squarecjoll4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-228 days 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.