• Zoot@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    Damn for real? Growing up id always heard even the tiniest bubbles can put you into shock/death. Made me terrified for a long while growing up… 20cc is a lot of air!

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      8 months ago

      It’s one of those situations where ~2cc can potentially cause complications and a bubble could theoretically cause problems but is also unlikely, so when you ask a doctor they’ll be like “technically yes, but” and everyone hears “confirmed, bubble=dead”

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      8 months ago

      Bread’s numbers appear to be for veinous air embolism. A much smaller embolism can kill you in other areas… 2 cc in cerebral, 0.5 cc in the coronary artery.

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      Arterial, tiny bubbles cause strokes. Venous, giant bubbles cause air emboli.

      Sometimes there’s connections that shouldn’t be there that can cause venous bubbles to cross over and be a problem.