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I had to help give CPR to someone recently, and their eyes were partly open. Got me wondering whether they were partly conscious while I was doing compressions.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If someone needs CPR, they’re dead and you’re trying to bring them back to life. They weren’t conscious and won’t remember receiving CPR.

[–] Rhynoplaz 14 points 2 months ago

This is the correct answer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I've seen/performed CPR on hundreds of people. The vast majority of cases, this is the case.

[–] EleventhHour 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t remember it, but I’m still alive 25 years later

and very grateful to Mrs. Sarah Boyd, wherever you are... :')

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] EleventhHour 16 points 2 months ago

No, the woman who resuscitated me.

[–] Windex007 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Saw it done on someone once. If you're in bad enough shape that you're getting it, you are for sure not going to remember it. Which is good because it's fucking violent

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

For real, IIRC CPR instructors will sometimes tell students that the ambulance medics would rather have broken ribs on their hands than oxygen starvation in the brain.

It's actually why so many medical professionals rant about families who cancel DNRs, because the elderly are especially likely to suffer injury during CPR.

[–] jordanlund 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you know that thing on TV where they take the paddles and go "CLEAR!" and shock the patient?

I had that done. Was mildly sedated. Didn't even know it happened. Woke up and went "Did it work?" and the doc was like "Yeah, you already asked that question..."

[–] Boozilla 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really embarrassed myself under general anesthesia when I kept asking the surgeon about one of the nurses I was attracted to. I had no memory of it. He told me about it later.

The worst part was, the nurse was one of my neighbors. She wasn't in the room for the procedure, but I'm sure someone told her about it, because she was frosty afterwards.

Now whenever I go in for something like a colonoscopy, I'm very worried I'll say something stupid. I always ask after I wake up, and they always say I didn't talk. But they might be trained to white lie about that shit.

[–] jqubed 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yikes. Are you already in a relationship where that could also cause an issue with your S/O? Making them feel jealous/nervous that you would leave for the attractive nurse if you had the opportunity?

[–] Boozilla 6 points 2 months ago

Happened many years ago. The neighbor nurse married a creep and they moved away.

[–] robolemmy 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t had it but my mom did. She experienced or remembered none of the actual cpr but the recovery from bruising and broken ribs was so painful that she signed a do not resuscitate order saying she would rather die than have cpr again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

What did she need it for?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My friend had an NDE when she was three. She says it was like a classic account but slightly nightmarish, saying she remembers at first a heaven-like scene before being told "don't look down", but she does anyways and sees everyone she knows in the other afterlife. I don't know how much CPR she needed that time, but she'd then need it again at the age of fourteen because we were screwing around and needed rescuing (I did not need CPR). Ironically she knows CPR, the only one in my prime social circle who does, so it's scary she's always the one who needs it.

[–] MadBabs 6 points 2 months ago

Maybe it's time to take a class! Just in case she needs it again...

[–] weeeeum 5 points 2 months ago

I watched a video on dying and one of the common symptoms is seeing family and friends who have already passed. For those who obviously survive a near death experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

She should've taught it to her circle then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Does it count if it was received when it wasn't needed and just part of the CPR training class? For some reason this one CPR training session I had for some damn thing (I've done a few of these because of boy scouts and jobs I've had) didn't have the dummies, so we had to practice on each other.

It was weird. I really would only want someone doing it when it's absolutely necessary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

This is dangerous in two ways. 1: teaches people not to use enough force. 2: if they do use enough force, you get broken ribs without need.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's weird and dangerous and you probably shouldn't go back to that training program lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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