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Technology's all very nice, but she died* during a long-haul flight. That severely limits options. *I hold the theory she's been braindead since then, and the
by soneil 10y ago
Technology's all very nice, but she died* during a long-haul flight. That severely limits options.
*I hold the theory she's been braindead since then, and the family made a decision today. It sounds cold, but it also means she hasn't been suffering for four days.
- dreamcompiler 10y agoProbably right. She suffered what medical professionals call a "witnessed arrest" and while the chances of survival are slightly greater than "unwitnessed arrest" (no bystanders; 100% fatal), the odds are only slightly higher. To survive, she would have needed exquisite CPR with no-pause compressions, followed by AED as quickly as possible. Any pauses in CPR would most likely result in brain death.
- mikeryan 10y agoThe heart attack happened about 15 minutes before the flight landed and CPR was started virtually immediately by a medic on the flight with a medical crew at the gate when it landed. I'm sure the flight didn't help anything but from the timing it seems like it wasn't as big a factor as it could have been.
- chillydawg 10y agoIt only takes a few extra seconds to go from recoverable to unrecoverable. Human life is a delicate thing.
- agumonkey 10y agoThere is artificial oxygen carrier based on some close hemoglobyn molecule developped right now. That could help as a temporary solution while someone is applying compression to circulate oxygen rich blood and avoid brain damaging hypoxia.