Unresponsive/unconscious
Are both these sentences correct; and do They mean the same?
a) "He was found at the lockroom unresponsive."
b) "He was found at the lockroom unconscious."
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We are normally found "in" one room or another. I have never heard of a lockroom. "Unresponsive" is a term used only by EMTs on TV.
- We are normally found "in" one room or another.
- I have never heard of a lockroom.
- "Unresponsive" is a term used only by EMTs on TV.
- I take it to mean that when you shake him and shout his name, there is no reaction.
- To be unconscious is to be as though asleep, but you don't wake up.
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We are normally found "in" one room or another. I have never heard of a lockroom. "Unresponsive" is a term used only by EMTs on TV. I take it to mean that when you shake him and shout his name, there is no reaction. To be unconscious is to be as though asleep, but you don't wake up.
0He was found unresponsive/unconscious in the locker room.
They're not quite the same. If you're unconscious, you will be unresponsive, but if you are unresponsive, it doesn't necessarily mean you're unconscious. That is, I believe there may be a medical definition of 'unconscious' that includes more than being unresponsive.
At least that's how I look at it, but I'm not a doctor.
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