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

561 views

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?

In: Biology

6 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

The brain is sending electrochemichal signals in a very complicated way. Different in every single nerve.

And even if we could replace the brain completely then it couldn’t restart after certain things happened. After the death it doesn’t take long for chemical processes to degrade our body because the byproducts of our metabolism aren’t transported away anymore. So unless you died literally a minute ago there is no chance to undo all the damage

You are viewing 1 out of 6 answers, click here to view all answers.