Eli5: Why cant we resuscitate people with enough electric shocks?

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Like say someone is perfectly healthy but their heart stops and they don’t get to the hospital in time. Why is it impossible to “turn them back on” through electricity? Especially since we figure the brain is just electrical impulses. Why can’t we jolt it back?

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You might as well ask why burning someone with a fire or blasting them with UV doesnt bring them back. That’s not how the body works. If you shoot electricity through them you’re just cooking the corpse like you’re making panko from bread.

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