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 11 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 11 months ago
iggames@lemmy.world 11 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 11 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 11 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”