Favrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-29 months agoWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?message-square54fedilinkarrow-up194file-text
arrow-up194message-squareWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?Favrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-29 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlysonFaithGameslinkfedilink18•9 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•9 months agoIt’s this kind of irresponsibility that leads to a zombie apocalypse.
minus-squareBappitylinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 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