Italian boy survives being trapped underwater for 42 minutes
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Italian boy survives being trapped underwater for 42 minutes
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#2Unbelievable. Typically an oxygen starved brain can be permanently destroyed in minutes, like alone more than half an hour. Just shows that what we think are limits to human capacity are more just experienced we've had until now. Very inspiring.
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#3At one point the article claims he fell into the canal, then a couple sentences later says he jumped in willingly. Which is it?
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#4There's a reason why they say that "you're not dead until you're warm and dead"!
The case of Anna Bågenholm [1] is similarly fascinating. She was in cold meltwater for 80 minutes before being pulled out, and made a ~full recovery. Her core temperature was around 56 degrees when they began resuscitation. It is truly amazing how effective hypothermia is at preserving bodily function!
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#6Why the fuck is this on the front page of hacker news.
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#7It seems that the cold water also contributed to his survival. He only had to lose a lower leg, no brain damage.
This is always the question: very nice you are able to survive x y or z, but in what condition do you get out of it: like a vegetable or like a human being?
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#8Why the fuck is this on the front page of hacker news.
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#9Why the fuck is this on the front page of hacker news.
Just for interest: why shouldn't be on the front page? Why do you think this is off topic?
And what should? What do you think is on-topic?
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#10Some interesting drowning facts:
- Clean and cold water is ideal: pneumonia and metabolism.
- If you revive a drowned person, insist they go to the hospital: CPR can push the fluid in their lungs into their blood, only to return later on, drowning them all the same, "parking lot drowning."
- Quite often, water doesn't enter their lungs as their vocal cords spasm.
~ Paramedic in another life