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I recall him telling (in a Finnish commentary for a F1 race broadcast) that he went to another surgery to examine the carbon fiber dust in his lungs. But this w
by exDM69 12y ago
I recall him telling (in a Finnish commentary for a F1 race broadcast) that he went to another surgery to examine the carbon fiber dust in his lungs. But this was almost 10 years ago, I can't remember the specifics.
- nodata 12y agoCan you wash the carbon fiber dust out of the lungs?
- lifeisstillgood 12y agoWashing air-breathing lungs with water sounds problematic, although with fluro-carbons and the prevalence of lung cancer I am not going to say no-one hasn't tried !
- ars 12y agoYou could wash one lung at a time. Or use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Water in an of itself won't hurt lungs as long as the patient gets enough oxygen.
- FreeFull 12y agoI imagine you would have to use saline rather than plain water to avoid the lung cells bursting due to osmosis.
- kleim 12y ago"Water in an of itself won't hurt lungs" Yes it does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning#Secondary_drowning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning#Secondary_drowning If you ever get saved from near drowning, you are still not safe.