Do defibrillators even work?

[McWendy 675]

As the title says.

Situation. We just now discovered a warm naked body without a pulse in Vybor military base.

Good samaritans we are we thought we'd use our defib and bring the unknown dead person back to life.

So my friend uses his defib (with battery) and.... goes unconcious right on the spot. I then try and use it but it doesnt go past turn on.

Result 2 dead detemping bodies 1 useless defib and a disappointed but now hugely kitted writer.

So what gives?

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

They work for killing Zeds, go to 1:26.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbU3h0xNooo

[DeatHTaX 1217]

I hope in the future they overhaul defibs to allow you to "resuscitate" a very recently dead player. It would be cool to be able to run up to one of your recently downed buddies in combat, use the defib on him, then bandage him up so he is only unconscious, and will eventually get back up in time with proper treatment

 

As of right now the defib is in the top 10 most useless and irrelevant items in the game, if you ask me.

[Valdenburg 200]

They work for killing Zeds, go to 1:26.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbU3h0xNooo

Just wanted to get in here and post my vid and i see you allrdy did - thats amazing thanks for sharing! :D

[McWendy 675]

Well that sucks. I always carry that crappy thing with me. Now i save 3/4 slots. :)

So is there a way to help a downed friend? Dead or unconcious.

[McWendy 675]

Just wanted to get in here and post my vid and i see you allrdy did - thats amazing thanks for sharing! :D

Btw like your whitelist server. Whats your IGN?

[EvilTigerAce 131]

Well that sucks. I always carry that crappy thing with me. Now i save 3/4 slots. :)

So is there a way to help a downed friend? Dead or unconcious.

 

Epinephrine. I think.

 

Uhm.

[ChainReactor 922]

 

So my friend uses his defib (with battery) and.... goes unconcious right on the spot.

 

Hehe. He defib'd himself. Happens to the best. 

[McWendy 675]

Hehe. He defib'd himself. Happens to the best.

His skills taking into account im not even surprised if he did.

[Warhoax 63]

Defibs don't revive dead players.
You can use it to wake unconcious players I believe, atleast I got that told once.

But it's useless, now that you have the heart massage and epinephrine pens

[McWendy 675]

Defibs don't revive dead players.

You can use it to wake unconcious players I believe, atleast I got that told once.

But it's useless, now that you have the heart massage and epinephrine pens

There were 2 bodies. 1 dead 1 unconcious. Didnt work on either.

[theevancat 94]

And they trash the battery after one use.

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

Just wanted to get in here and post my vid and i see you allrdy did - thats amazing thanks for sharing! :D

 

Yea thought it was perfect for the occasion.

[Valdenburg 200]

Btw like your whitelist server. Whats your IGN?

Thanks men! IGN is always same name ;)

[sachad 1016]

I hope in the future they overhaul defibs to allow you to "resuscitate" a very recently dead player. It would be cool to be able to run up to one of your recently downed buddies in combat, use the defib on him, then bandage him up so he is only unconscious, and will eventually get back up in time with proper treatment

 

As of right now the defib is in the top 10 most useless and irrelevant items in the game, if you ask me.

 

I like the revival thing, but I also think we need a limit. Defibrilators should not cure head shots with baseball sized exit wounds :P

[Beizs 186]

I like the revival thing, but I also think we need a limit. Defibrilators should not cure head shots with baseball sized exit wounds :P

 

Possibly could work with minimal effort/strain on servers & client by simply making your health go in to the negatives. If it drops below a certain number, you can't be revived. That's a single if statement added to the defib code & a change to a variable. Then they test to make sure that a headshot deals enough damage that it always drops you below that barrier (assuming you've no bulletproof head protection) and boom, everything's great.

 

Though, saying that, it's possible to survive a headshot if the angle & position is right irl. Assuming that they'll never truly factor that in, it'd be nice to make it so that the minimum damage a headshot can do puts you a little under the barrier, so that you can be defibbed. Shouldn't happen very often and adds a chance of salvation from a sniper a KM away. :P

 

This system would mean that if you'd been shot too many times, even with low powered weapons (or even melee weapons) there'd be no chance of saving you, scaling it fairly well imo.

Edited January 3, 2015 by Beizs

[tkcjesse 2]

Epinephrine. I think.

 

Uhm.

Epi pens bring a person back up immediately.

[shadowranger333 24]

Defibs are meant to save people from cardiac arrest, possibly restarting the heart of a VERY recently killed person. They aren't magic revivers like in bf4. If realism is the goal of this game, they shouldn't bring people back to life

[peetar27 7]

I have personal experience using defibs. Yes! They work. Only with unconscious people though. Somebody who was just riddled with a 75 drum mag won't get up. In that matter, anybody who's dead won't get up and start running. If someone dropped from dehydration or something like that could be saved. 

[Killawife 599]

According to the research done by players the defib and epipen works in the exact same way in the game. They reset your shock value, which is what keeps you from waking up from unconsciousness sometimes. It doesn't stop bleeding or replace lost blood but technically a player that is unconcious but not dead could be saved by defibbin him, then either giving him blood or saline or just waiting for him to wake up. I have NEVER succeded in doing this though, and not from lack of trying.

 

 It would be more fun if you had more of a chance to survive even if you are downed, Sure most of the times the killers just go up and axe you dead but not always. sometimes you are downed and die quite quicklyfrom bleeding out. This should take more time, five to ten minutes at least. That way someone might be able to run and help you.

[Old_Crow_Whiskey 119]

Much better off with the epi pen, and if you stick yourself with it you won't be accidentally dead. Save your slots buddy. The best thing for a near death situation is a blood bag or saline bag, then epi pen if it gets really bad.

[wooly-back-jack 294]

 warm naked body without a pulse 

 

searching for this term on google brought me here, I want my money back

[McWendy 675]

Well thanks for the responses. Even the one above. :)

I guesd my buddy defibbed himself then. Because the target was dead.

But when he got unconcious i couldnt use it on him.

So in terms of medic gear. What do i need to help an unconcious person?

And did he really defibbed himself is it possible? He'll hear it for a loooooong time ;)

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

Tried to kill someone with one last night.  Didn't work.  I'll stick to knocking them out and applying a bloodbag of the wrong type.

[Judopunch 523]

I hope in the future they overhaul defibs to allow you to "resuscitate" a very recently dead player. It would be cool to be able to run up to one of your recently downed buddies in combat, use the defib on him, then bandage him up so he is only unconscious, and will eventually get back up in time with proper treatment

 

As of right now the defib is in the top 10 most useless and irrelevant items in the game, if you ask me.

They can be used to revive players in some situations, however that situation is very uncommon and an eppi pen works better.