Just posted this elsewhere, but it’s so perfect here as the other half of this medical team:
Fun fact, small air bubbles won’t cause problems. I can’t remember how big they have to be. I’m not going to look it up because I don’t want to be on a list.
Yeah 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 likely to cause problems is about 20 cc (which is a lot), but it’s likely to take much more than that to be fatal, usually in excess of 150 cc.
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!
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. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/what-is-a-bubble-study
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Aww look at that face. I would not stay mad for long.
as a type 1 diabetic, this is like a one-sentence horror
Yum yum embolism
