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> [...] to help save human lives when standard ventilation methods are unavailable, as for example, during the recent coronavirus pandemic. The tragedy of our
by taxicabjesus 4y ago
> [...] to help save human lives when standard ventilation methods are unavailable, as for example, during the recent coronavirus pandemic.
The tragedy of our era is how Science forgot about the antidote to oxygen toxicity in the 1950's.
While sometimes oxygenation and ventilation are useful, long-term use always accelerates deterioration. I knew a guy who lasted about a month on the breathing machines before giving up his ghost.
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-405LE?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-405...
https://www.taxiwars.org/2021/06/folly-medical-hyperventilation.html https://www.taxiwars.org/2021/06/folly-medical-hyperventilat...