Why Do We Have Difficulty Carrying an Unconscious Person?

When your child falls asleep somewhere, when a friend of yours overdose on alcohol and passes out, or when you see him/her sleeping while watching a movie with your lover, have you ever noticed? you hugged me and carried me to bed ?

If you have ever carried them, you know that they are much heavier than they normally are. Really, why? people who are asleep or unconscious Does it feel like it’s heavier?

There is a concept called “dead weight”.

The concept of dead weight refers to the fact that someone weighs more when they lose consciousness or die. But this person His weight almost never changes, this There is a different reason.

In addition to having difficulty carrying an unconscious person, people When they feel they are losing consciousness, they also feel heavier.

When lifting something, the center of mass of that thing is important.

For example, lifting a 50-kilogram box is different from lifting a 50-kilogram pile of scrap. It’s always easier to lift the box because when balancing unevenly distributed weight Your own balance is also affected.

Continuous displacement of objects while carrying a dispersed load, without stopping Try to adjust your grip and balance causes. Naturally, this requires more effort and strain.

Let’s get to our real question: Why does the weight of a conscious person and an unconscious person feel different?

The limbs of an unconscious person swing limply from side to side. His leg goes one way, his head goes another. The body mass also shifts towards the swinging limbs and, as we mentioned in the box example, it becomes a burden for the person carrying it. makes control difficult.

However, if the person being carried was conscious, they would probably automatically fold their arms around the carrier’s neck. This means that some of the mass It would ensure transfer on the neck and shoulder side.

The person himself may also feel his body heavier because the looseness in his body prevents him from keeping balance and he makes extra effort to stay stable. He cannot control his muscles or maintain his center of gravity. In other words, the difficulty we experience when carrying an unconscious person or the person feeling heavy is completely with center of mass relevant.

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