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How does that woman not suffer irreversible neurological damages after 4 hours without oxygen?
by stzup7 9y ago
How does that woman not suffer irreversible neurological damages after 4 hours without oxygen?
- IntronExon 9y agoHypothermia. You use far less oxygen if your metabolism has essentially ground to a halt. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530563/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530563/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24837800 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24837800 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322114/
- skywhopper 9y agoPart (or much? it's not clear) of that time, rescuers were performing CPR on her, working her heart and lungs for her, so she didn't go that entire span entirely without oxygen.