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Watching the BBC , India is a horror show.
My only medical training was watching MASH years ago, but,
But I remember in flight training the concept of "partial pressure of oxygen",up to about 12,000-14,000 feet , the body can breath .
Above that oxygen is required BUT even with pure oxygen going much higher requires pressure breathing.
Oxygen is forced into the lungs under pressure and it requires an effort to exhale, not fun .
There is not much oxygen in air but I wonder if air was pressurized weather more oxygen would enter the blood stream?
Might not be easy to pressurize grand mother , but a lot easier than watching her die in the back of a station wagon.
Any comments from the MD group?
My only medical training was watching MASH years ago, but,
But I remember in flight training the concept of "partial pressure of oxygen",up to about 12,000-14,000 feet , the body can breath .
Above that oxygen is required BUT even with pure oxygen going much higher requires pressure breathing.
Oxygen is forced into the lungs under pressure and it requires an effort to exhale, not fun .
There is not much oxygen in air but I wonder if air was pressurized weather more oxygen would enter the blood stream?
Might not be easy to pressurize grand mother , but a lot easier than watching her die in the back of a station wagon.
Any comments from the MD group?
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