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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia,” he said in a statement.

The 911 recording said CPR was being administered. So something is not adding up here.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Probably technically correct:

In 2021, the American Heart Association clarified that "heart attack" is often mistakenly used to describe cardiac arrest. While a heart attack refers to death of heart muscle tissue as a result of blood supply loss, cardiac arrest is caused when the heart's electrical system malfunctions. Furthermore, the American Heart Association explains that "if corrective measures are not taken rapidly, this condition progresses to sudden death. Cardiac arrest should be used to signify an event as described above, that is reversed, usually by CPR and/or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing. Sudden cardiac death should not be used to describe events that are not fatal".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest

That is, if he was administered CPR or defibrillation and was revived, he probably had a cardiac arrest but not a heart attack. Or possibly he was having difficulty breathing and didn't have a cardiac event at all.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK I can see what you're getting at, but if CPR was performed, it's very difficult to believe an 84 year old didn't have rib fractures at least.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

He says he didn't break any bones, he didn't say whether the EMTs broke any of his bones.

Taps side of head

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree something doesn't add up.

How does one administer CPR through a shell?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

Replenished with Lindsey Graham. It's not much but it had to be done.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Souls? How many did he have and where did he get the extra ones?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

lindsey graham suspiciously died as he was recovering, lindsey's soul seems to be able to sustain him.