Re:Anal oxygen administration may save lives
by sm0ss117 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:19AM
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If my choice is between definitely dying of boring old hypoxia and maybe dying in a cool explosion I know which one I'm picking.
But to be serious it's risk management and if the patient is definitely going to die of low oxygen then the patient having a risk of dying another way is still a lower risk.
Re:Anal oxygen administration may save lives
by pessimizer on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:12AM
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If I'm going to die from a small internal explosion, I'd rather it start at the other side of the tube. If my guts explode, I might still have a few more days to live.
Re:Anal oxygen administration may save lives
by nabla9 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @06:49AM
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Mixing oxygen and methane is OK. Just don't introduce fire.
Methane in surgery can lead to flames when surgeons use electrocautery.
I don't think the trace amounts of methane humans produce is enough to be any real danger...
Re:Anal oxygen administration may save lives
by meowface on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:30AM
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>An intracolonic explosion or colonic gas explosion is an explosion inside the colon of a person due to ignition of explosive gases such as methane. This can happen during colonic exploration, as a result of the electrical nature of a colonoscope. The result can be acute colonic perforation, which can be fatal.
Welp.
And this isn't a joke..... for example, cyclopropane is an excellent anaesthetic gas but no longer used due to the explosion risk. I believe (?) there was a case of a patients throat catching fire on the operating table.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalational_anesthetic#Gases