I scarcely know where to begin. Of course I can only comment on a few things here, not necessarily regarding your Post just above.
First of all, there are four essential life functions, ventilation being absolutely number one in importance. If a person is not ventilating then all of the Oxygen in the world cannot help them. So what is ventilation? Ventilation is the release of CO2 (carbon dioxide) from the cells through the circulatory system. Increased CO2 is essentially acidemia or ‘acidosis.’ Humans and other living things cannot survive with sustained high CO2 levels. There are compensating mechanisms which can allow for surprisingly high levels, but this is is a homeo static imbalance, or sickness. Think of a fever, it involves a different imbalance but people recover from fevers. Fevers are not always deadly, but rather are indicators of the metabolism fighting off threats to the body, such as infections.
The 4 life functions, all important are 1) Ventilation. 2) Oxygenation. 3) Circulation. 4) Perfusion.
I have seen people posting that the Oxygen leaving the body is 16%. My God where did that come from? Nobody measures the O2 leaving the body. That is absurd.what is measured is the ETCO2 (end tidal CO2). ETCO2 is often used to determine clinical death. If it is sustained zero, the Code is over.
That is just one pet peeve of mine now. I do wonder who makes this stuff up.
Anyhow, CO2 levels can be decreased by manipulating ventilator settings. Increased volumes and rates are most common methods. Still,one is never going to ventilate a Patient out of a ‘Metabolic Acidosis.’ Some numbers can be changed, but ventilation is essentially effective with ‘Respiratory Acidosis.’
It is a challenge to construct a Post explaining all, so just a bit. Still, it seems unlikely to me that ECMO has already been initiated for this Player. If it indeed has, then I think that it would be indicative of extreme desperation to keep this young man alive.
If it indeed has, then I think that it would be indicative of extreme desperation to keep this young man alive.
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I believe that’s what’s happening in this situation while they desperately try to come up with a reason for the future declaration of his death that can withstand some superficial amount of medical scrutiny. This was the extremely public demise of a very healthy young man and they’re in a panic about people drawing the correct conclusion. They’ll try to prevent that even at the risk of appearing perfidious. They’re counting on the majority of the public being ignorant or obtuse, and will try to silence the rest of us.
M