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The recommended procedure for cardiac arrest includes
regular chest compressions. This is enough to pump
some
blood around the body, to prevent brain damage until
the
heart is restarted.
Meanwhile, in a different context, battlefield injuries
are
sometimes treated with shock pants.
These are
inflatable
cuffs which completely cover each leg; when inflated,
they
compress the legs to ensure that blood stays mainly in
the
upper body.
It occurs to me that these two treatments could be
combined. If shock-pants were swiftly fitted to someone
who has just suffered a cardiac arrest, and if a battery-
powered compressor inflated and deflated the pants
regularly (say once every two seconds), they would
probably pump more blood around the body than simple
chest compressions. After all, the legs are bigger and
squishier than the chest, so the volume of blood moved
ought to be greater.
"Renew"
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Seems like baked...? [Inyuki, Oct 14 2015]
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Oh, you are being creative about the whole vascular
system! |
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do the whole body, then you get breathing too. |
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Back pressure may change the chest compressions and because the extremities are networks of fine vessels, some of which are valved, puffy pants may not be a simple exercise to obtain a pulse wave. Don't fighter suits just increase the overall pressure reducing the chances of passing out? |
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^ G-suits increase the pressure in the legs only; above would make it difficult to breathe. P-suits are budget spacesuits, unrelated. |
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I could have used a cardiac vest on Friday night, when I was having my heart attack! (not making this up) I'm ok now, but the bottom line is that running 20-30 miles a week for 20+ years did not save me, and I now have 4 stents fitted (as of Monday). I have to take a zillion tablets now for life.... BUT I still managed to post up two new ideas here! Ha - The Halfbakery versus the Half-beatery. |
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wow. Sorry to hear that. I'm simultaniously glad I've been avoiding that obviously dangerous running stuff... |
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The actual heart is very healthy and strong, but the
arteries supplying it with blood were clogged. Usual
problem for a lot of people, and mostly genetic inherited
propensity. If my ideas stop coming here, you will know
why! |
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Wow - glad to hear you're OK, [xen], and hoping
you're here to post for many years to come. |
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It's hard to rid of bad thing! Thanks for kind comments. |
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Grammar gland still not recovered, then. |
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Word drop on ipad.... here it is, ready for transplanting: "a" |
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//Grammar gland still not recovered, then.// tsk,tsk.... if
that's a question, then does it not require one of these '?' ? |
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Tsk indeed. It was an observation. Did it look like a
question? |
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Oops - only just read this. |
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Keep beating, heart of [xenzag]. |
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