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FlyByPC writes "According to a NewsWeek article, oxygen deprivation doesn't kill patients as much as the resumption of oxygen does. This discovery could bring about new ways of resuscitating people whose hearts have stopped."
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Parrots have recently been discovered to follow this exact same pattern during periods of deprivation from their beloved fjords.
This has been long known by traditional chinese medical practitioners, who recognized that occidental materialist medicine was doing it wrong.
It's not the fall off a tall building that kills you, so much as the sudden deceleration at the point you reach the sidewalk.
(Yeah, I know what the article's saying, but I couldn't resist.)
"I recall reading an article in Science News late 70's or early 80's about some research showing it was the blood vessels in the brain spasming that lead to brain death."
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Grammatically-oriented graduates, either...
"It does not do any good to have a working body if I am still brain dead at the end of the process."
Why not? George Bush choked to death on a pretzel a few years ago, and nobody's noticed the difference ...
Don't hold your breath...
And if you do, don't stop.
Balance deprivation does not kill you, it's the sudden restoration of terra firma that does.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
anyone else get the world of warcraft ad above this story?
with the panel that reads "RESURRECT FOR FREE"?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
This only works on the mostly dead. If someone's all dead, there's only one thing to do -- rifle through their pockets for loose change.
Just like "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end."
Or my favourite:
Q: "Did you hear?? Johnny fell 20 stories and LIVED!"
A: "Really? That's amazing!"
Q: "Yeah, unfortunately it was off a 21 story building..."
If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.
I remember a radio show where they were saying you could freeze them over and over again, without any adverse effects.
I'm certain they would be fairly pissed-off.
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
Do it slowly enough and they never notice. It was when I tried to microwave one that it got really pissed and blew up on me.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
There you go.
Unfortunately, I hear the surviving test patients all had strange cravings for "brains" after reviving. George Romero was called in to consult...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
This is a tech site, we use SI! That would be 1.7 Hz.
I counted, it fits nicely!
Verse
*breath* *breath*
Chorus
*breath* *breath*
Verse
*breath* *breath*
Chorus
*breath* *breath*
Wohoo, it's a good grove! I could go on all day. What? Oh, you're fine now? And it hurts? OK, I understand...
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IANAMD,but they teach you in elementary school that sells can survive many hours
Thank Christ. I'd be worried if an MD couldn't spell "cells".
"This is faster than you think and believe it or not is incredibly difficult to do. For the tempo, think "Another One Bites the Dust"
Must not be that hard for musicians then, especially us drummers. 240 BPM chest compressions, no problem!! Lemme just put both of my feet on 'em, I'll play 'em like a kick drum with dual pedals!
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
So, the question is, can this procedure be used on AACS to make it alive again? :P
Stop relying on your brain so much and start thinking with your GUT. I have it on the best authority that there are more nerve endings in the gut than in the head.