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[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Correct, nothing can move, not your lungs, not your eye lids, nothing. So he went very blind from staring at the sun for 30mins straight while people did cpr until ambulance arrived

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Thus the CPR, I would imagine.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it just automatically restart beating after effects wear off?

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would personally imagine that you may need to be defibrillated at some point but otherwise probably yes? The toxins are causing the paralysis and people do survive it so I can only imagine that the heart takes back over after a certain amount of effort. Otherwise, I don't actually know.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You might need external/transesophageal pacing with a severe exposure to TTX, but that would only be temporary. It shouldn't cause v fib.

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Gotcha! My brain did the "heart stop = defibrillator" thing. Thanks!

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