Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-14909251-20160620232507

Lord Jaric wrote: The machine was made to sound like it was a life support. If you unplug someone from a life support machine and they die plugging it back in won't revive them.

Breaking a glass door is not the same as unplugging life support, if that's what you are suggesting. Undoubtedly, a sealed pod would be vital for certain reasons. A while back we talked about whether the pod was meant to keep Amber in stasis and a seal would definitely be important in that respect. Measures meant to resuscitate her would likely not require a seal, however.

And applying an electric shock would require something like a defibrillator that sends a shock through the heart. Applying a shock to the whole body won't revive them.

Part of the problem with this is you projecting our medical technology onto the RWBYverse. There are some pretty clear differences in medical tech, so we can't assume what would be required. I would note that defibrillators are technically not able to restart a heart, only to stabilize the patient's heart beat.

And on another note, I'm pretty sure Amber got shot in the heart. What else would Cinder be aiming for?

This also was discussed and it is generally agreed that if humans on Remnant have similar anatomy to us then Amber was not shot in the heart, unless she has some medical condition that causes her heart to be out of place. Only debate is whether Amber's lung was pierced or if the arrow was just shy of her lung. Given that scenario I presume she died of heart failure from shock rather than any direct physical damage.