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Old 24-Jun-14, 21:05
Raoul Fulgurex Raoul Fulgurex is offline
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Default Re: The safety of smother KOs

Thank you Peter, very thorough and serious answer. In fact, a so good answer that it makes me want to ask more questions !

- Usually, when I am in a smother I struggle against it, which makes me going much more rapidly out of breath. Would you judge that as less dangerous, like in the hyperventilation case ? After all, the oxygen balance should be about the same as after a minute of smothering without struggling.

- When the chest or abdomen is squeezed, isn't the vagal nerve involved in making the victim faint before he is completely out of oxygen ? I thought that it was what happened the only time I got really dizzy from a chest scissor. It was actually not when my wife was squeezing, but when she suddenly released the hold after I tapped.

And to reassure you, I have no intention of getting air-KOed. I always tap before. But I prefer to know what the risks are, just in case I sometime tap one tenth of a second too late.
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