Favrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-28 months agoWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?message-square51fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?Favrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-28 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlysonFaithGameslinkfedilink17•8 months agoSo a pacemaker will keep going even if the person no longer has brain activity. So a strong magnet is swiped over the chest to turn it off. Not sure what they do with it after that, though
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink15•8 months agoIt’s this kind of irresponsibility that leads to a zombie apocalypse.
minus-squareBappitylinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoI believe they have to remove it before burying/cremating them
So a pacemaker will keep going even if the person no longer has brain activity. So a strong magnet is swiped over the chest to turn it off. Not sure what they do with it after that, though
It’s this kind of irresponsibility that leads to a zombie apocalypse.
I believe they have to remove it before burying/cremating them