Young Woman Dies From Commotio Cordis After Falling Down On The Beach

By Douglas Main, Staff Writer Published: 11/22/2013 08:43 AM EST onLiveScience A healthy 20-year-old woman was running on a beach withfriends when she fell on the wet sand. After briefly standing, shefell again, and within 30 seconds, became unresponsive. Her lipsturned blue and she started gasping for breath. Her friends quicklycalled the paramedics and performed CPR, but it didn't help,according to a recent report of her case. She was pronounced deadwithin half an hour. What happened? According to the case report,the impact of the woman's body on the sand when she fell

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