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ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 months agoYeah realistically it isn’t a big concern. Like you should try not to inject air into people’s veins, but the minimum amount that is about 20 cc, but it’s likely to take much more than that to be fatal, usually in excess of 150 cc.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You are a gentleman and a scholar. Now how do I figure out how to do this for other similar use cases? Is there a table I can look up?
tubaruco@lemm.ee 8 months ago
whats cc?
Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 8 months ago
1cc=1mL
BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Cubic centimeter it’s a measurement used for medications
Zoot@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Damn for real? Growing up id always heard even the tiniest bubbles can put you into shock/death. Made me terrified for a long while growing up… 20cc is a lot of air!
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 months ago
It’s one of those situations where ~2cc can potentially cause complications and a bubble could theoretically cause problems but is also unlikely, so when you ask a doctor they’ll be like “technically yes” and everyone hears “confirmed, bubble=dead”
Bgugi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bread’s numbers appear to be for veinous air embolism. A much smaller embolism can kill you in other areas… 2 cc in cerebral, 0.5 cc in the coronary artery.
iggames@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fun fact - we will intentionally inject (small) bubbles of air into your veins to look for connections between chambers of your heart that shouldn’t be there. It’s called a Bubble Study. www.health.harvard.edu/…/what-is-a-bubble-study
DarkroomDoc@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Arterial, tiny bubbles cause strokes. Venous, giant bubbles cause air emboli.
Sometimes there’s connections that shouldn’t be there that can cause venous bubbles to cross over and be a problem.