paramedichopeful
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Ok, I hate to admit it but I watched one of those medical shows on TV tonight. In it there was a case where somebody died and was autopsied only to find that they had 2 broken ribs. Weird part about it? THERE WAS NO HEMORRHAGING!! In my Aid/CPR/AED class the rule of thumb was that if you have a broken rib, there is going to be hemorrhaging of some sort. Anyway, back to the story, the coroner ruled that the Paramedics broke the ribs when they gave the guy CPR! Is this even possible? I mean, I was always taught to get as good a compression as you can, but come on: breaking ribs? You gotta know where to stop.