Young
Student
- Dec 8, 2024
- 112
I'm extremely disappointed in this.
For those who don't know, commotio cordis is a phenomenom that happens when you get hit in the chest at a certain time of your heart cycle and at a certain force (mass x acceleration).
Ultimately, this leads to cardiac arrest (your heart stops). The problem is, this is extremely rare, and for good reason.
I've been hitting my chest for a couple days, at very different speeds and with different objects. If one of the three variables fails (location, timing and strike force), the heart won't suffer any consequences
This drew my attention because if commotio cordis happens, you have 95% chances of dying. People only have 3 minutes to resuscitate you, and if somehow they do, the chances of long-term damage are actually low.
Don't waste your time. I've tried a lot: On different surfaces, different chest locations, using protection, no protection, ramming aginst a wall, lying on the floor, on my bed, standing up. Hitting fast, slow, etc.
The heart cycle lasts around 1000 milliseconds from what I've read, and CC can only happen within 40 milliseconds out of those 1000. We probably don't have the force required to hit ourselves hard enough to ctb this way.
I really wanted this idea to work, but alas.
For those who don't know, commotio cordis is a phenomenom that happens when you get hit in the chest at a certain time of your heart cycle and at a certain force (mass x acceleration).
Ultimately, this leads to cardiac arrest (your heart stops). The problem is, this is extremely rare, and for good reason.
I've been hitting my chest for a couple days, at very different speeds and with different objects. If one of the three variables fails (location, timing and strike force), the heart won't suffer any consequences
This drew my attention because if commotio cordis happens, you have 95% chances of dying. People only have 3 minutes to resuscitate you, and if somehow they do, the chances of long-term damage are actually low.
Don't waste your time. I've tried a lot: On different surfaces, different chest locations, using protection, no protection, ramming aginst a wall, lying on the floor, on my bed, standing up. Hitting fast, slow, etc.
The heart cycle lasts around 1000 milliseconds from what I've read, and CC can only happen within 40 milliseconds out of those 1000. We probably don't have the force required to hit ourselves hard enough to ctb this way.
I really wanted this idea to work, but alas.
