"near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
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"near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
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Hiking Paradise Trail on flanks of Mt. Rainier in snowstorm and lost for a full day. Heart stopped for 45 minutes at hospital. Might have been in a state of quasi-hibernation which helped him.
( I hiked that trail last year)
Hiking Paradise Trail on flanks of Mt. Rainier in snowstorm and lost for a full day. Heart stopped for 45 minutes at hospital. Might have been in a state of quasi-hibernation which helped him.
( I hiked that trail last year)
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Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Amazing story!
I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2
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As is said sometimes,
Your're not dead until you're warm and dead
Your're not dead until you're warm and dead
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That’s crazy.
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Mountain Madness taught me how to do this when I was preparing for Mt Baker. It could save your life one day.
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Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
As Billy Crystal said in "The Princess Bride", he was only mostly dead.
Good to hear good news on a deal like this for once.
Sean Nunn
Good to hear good news on a deal like this for once.
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I had never heard of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine before.
“In that process, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.”
Sounds like something that could save more than a few lives over the years.
“In that process, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.”
Sounds like something that could save more than a few lives over the years.
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We use it all the time in pediatric cardiology. While it sounds pretty simple there are a lot of associated issues and problems. But yes, it saves many lives.DeTour wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:41 pm I had never hear of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine before.
“In that process, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.”
Sounds like something that could save more than a few lives over the years.
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Wow, great story, great outcome. Praise be to God from whom all blessings flow.
ECMO is 20-plus-year-old technology that, as said above, has saved a lot of lives and been used extensively in pedi medicine. Sounds like this young man took advantage of the full spectrum available to him: technology, medical skill, rescue skill, and the helping hand of the Lord.
ECMO is 20-plus-year-old technology that, as said above, has saved a lot of lives and been used extensively in pedi medicine. Sounds like this young man took advantage of the full spectrum available to him: technology, medical skill, rescue skill, and the helping hand of the Lord.
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Certain it wasn't the assistive pasta tentacles of the spaghetti monster?
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Clearly, you have not been touched by his noodly appendage. He boiled for your sins.
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HikerGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:34 amClearly, you have not been touched by his noodly appendage. He boiled for your sins.
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Being an unbeliever/agnostic/athiest is one thing and I can respect that.
Spoofing the belief system of millions of people is another story. I will pray for you sir. Someone must have hurt you severely to make you this way.
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