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> Apparently they do have concerns. Well yeah. If someone falls in water at work, you get them checked out at the hospital. The paltry amount of radiation is k

> Apparently they do have concerns. Well yeah. If someone falls in water at work, you get them checked out at the hospital. The paltry amount of radiation is kind of the least of your worries if there's even the smallest risk you got some water in your lungs. People can drown on dry land from about a tablespoon of water getting into their lungs.

haskellshill 1y ago
> People can drown on dry land from about a tablespoon of water getting into their lungs. Well, I don't think there's such a big risk of that. Falling into a pool is something most of us have probably done. Being pushed by a friend as a kid for example. The risk of drowning is probably pretty comparable to the risk from the radiation (negligible).
- quantumcotton 1y ago
  I didn't expect this level of ignorance here. Maybe reddit but this is crazy.
  - haskellshill 1y ago
    I didn't expect this level of unfounded ignorant hysteria here. Have you really never gone swimming and inhaled some water? Did you go to the hospital? > In the past, these terms were used to try to explain that some fatal drowning victims had very little water in their lungs at autopsy. Now it is understood that little water enters the lungs during drowning. Moreover, when water enters the lungs, it is rapidly absorbed when breathing starts again. The amount of water that enters the lung does not determine the amount of injury or determine the treatment of drowning. The amount of injury from drowning is due to how long the victim is without oxygen. Source: Red Cross
  - IAmBroom 1y ago
    Maybe the common factor isn't "everybody else".
- ErroneousBosh 1y ago
  Nah mate, you've got it backwards. Even a tiny amount of water in your lungs is a trip to the hospital. The amount of radiation that guy was exposed to is roughly the same as eating a banana, or driving through the middle of Aberdeen with your car windows down inhaling all the radon off the granite.
  - monkpit 1y ago
    Your lungs can handle a tiny amount of water just fine. It’s not pleasant but it’s fine. You’re probably thinking of something along the lines of pneumonia, which is different than breathing some water and coughing it back up. For the record, I think the GP comment is way off-base saying drowning is uncommon.
    - ErroneousBosh 1y ago
      No, I'm not talking about pneumonia. If there's a bit of water in your lungs, a surprisingly small amount, it causes massive inflammation and your lungs start to fill with fluid. It's called "secondary drowning", and it happens a couple of hours after. My water rescue course is up to date. When's yours due for renewal?
      - jjk166 1y ago
        https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry-or-delayed-secondary-drowning?srsltid=AfmBOorE2cBH0vuKUQYYDJcMOXJY0T80nad-7OgpjYfOgUB-qmPkagl8 https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry...
      - haskellshill 1y ago
        As the saying goes, "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing". Your "water rescue course" taught you something that's clearly wrong, as we see with the sibling comment, while my common sense and just everyday life experience led me to the correct conclusion.
        ErroneousBosh 1y ago
goopypoop 1y ago
hell, I inhaled at least a tablespoon of banana daquiri just reading this. almost ruined my breakfast
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  Got room at the breakfast table for a guest?

haskellshill 1y ago

> People can drown on dry land from about a tablespoon of water getting into their lungs. Well, I don't think there's such a big risk of that. Falling into a pool is something most of us have probably done. Being pushed by a friend as a kid for example. The risk of drowning is probably pretty comparable to the risk from the radiation (negligible).

quantumcotton 1y ago
I didn't expect this level of ignorance here. Maybe reddit but this is crazy.
- haskellshill 1y ago
  I didn't expect this level of unfounded ignorant hysteria here. Have you really never gone swimming and inhaled some water? Did you go to the hospital? > In the past, these terms were used to try to explain that some fatal drowning victims had very little water in their lungs at autopsy. Now it is understood that little water enters the lungs during drowning. Moreover, when water enters the lungs, it is rapidly absorbed when breathing starts again. The amount of water that enters the lung does not determine the amount of injury or determine the treatment of drowning. The amount of injury from drowning is due to how long the victim is without oxygen. Source: Red Cross
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  Maybe the common factor isn't "everybody else".
ErroneousBosh 1y ago
Nah mate, you've got it backwards. Even a tiny amount of water in your lungs is a trip to the hospital. The amount of radiation that guy was exposed to is roughly the same as eating a banana, or driving through the middle of Aberdeen with your car windows down inhaling all the radon off the granite.
- monkpit 1y ago
  Your lungs can handle a tiny amount of water just fine. It’s not pleasant but it’s fine. You’re probably thinking of something along the lines of pneumonia, which is different than breathing some water and coughing it back up. For the record, I think the GP comment is way off-base saying drowning is uncommon.
  - ErroneousBosh 1y ago
    No, I'm not talking about pneumonia. If there's a bit of water in your lungs, a surprisingly small amount, it causes massive inflammation and your lungs start to fill with fluid. It's called "secondary drowning", and it happens a couple of hours after. My water rescue course is up to date. When's yours due for renewal?
    - jjk166 1y ago
      https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry-or-delayed-secondary-drowning?srsltid=AfmBOorE2cBH0vuKUQYYDJcMOXJY0T80nad-7OgpjYfOgUB-qmPkagl8 https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry...
    - haskellshill 1y ago
      As the saying goes, "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing". Your "water rescue course" taught you something that's clearly wrong, as we see with the sibling comment, while my common sense and just everyday life experience led me to the correct conclusion.
      - ErroneousBosh 1y ago

goopypoop 1y ago

hell, I inhaled at least a tablespoon of banana daquiri just reading this. almost ruined my breakfast

IAmBroom 1y ago
Got room at the breakfast table for a guest?