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.
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Zoot@reddthat.com 6 months agoDamn 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!
Bgugi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
iggames@lemmy.world 6 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 6 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.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 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”