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by Brybry
1353 days ago
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Broken ribs are common from CPR. They even mention it during CPR training (and they told us to keep going anyway). I don't remember anything about liver lacerations but a quick google does say it happens: looks like the sternum can slice your liver during compressions[1] (warning: graphic). No idea on head injuries or a broken neck from "grappling" though. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245224731... |
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It's not so much broken ribs (though those are possible), but separation from the sternum. Not pleasant, but not particularly problematic (people walk out of the hospital at times within 3-4 days of cardiac arrest as subsequent ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) after CPR/defib.
And if you survive to ROSC, you're getting a stay in ICU as it is, where things like internal lacerations, aspiration can be treated.