Extremely cool: intravenous oxygen

[JESSFALLING]

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Worth a quick read:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247295.php

 

[Miss Terious]

This seems really cool and seems like it may come in handy in the future!

Sent from my phone! Blame it on the a-a-autocorrect.

 

[NightGod]

And yet another Star Trek prediction comes true:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tri-ox_compound

 

[Nebby]

And yet another Star Trek prediction comes true:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tri-ox_compound

Just wait... I've been taking courses on klingon physiology. Expect some big news in the weeks ahead.

 

[WorldChanger36]

This compound is different then tri-ox. Tri-ox help the body oxygenate the blood useing the bodys normal systems, this lipid oxygen thingy directly oxygenates the blood and does not require the patient to be breathing, however if the patient isn't breathing they don't have long before blood pH drops to fatal levels... Cool stuff though

 

[catzzz88]

This compound is different then tri-ox. Tri-ox help the body oxygenate the blood useing the bodys normal systems, this lipid oxygen thingy directly oxygenates the blood and does not require the patient to be breathing, however if the patient isn't breathing they don't have long before blood pH drops to fatal levels... Cool stuff though

Yeah! Now all they need to do is find a way to remove CO2 from the blood at the same time...

 

[bassvp]

good find!

 

[SpacemanSpifff]

Yeah! Now all they need to do is find a way to remove CO2 from the blood at the same time...

I wonder if they used some sort of PFC derivative, because if I recall correctly PFCs perform gas exchange essentially like RBCs (deliver oxygen, remove carbon dioxide). But the article says "lipid-based", so probably not. Thanks OP, very interesting!

 

[JESSFALLING]

I wonder if this could be used by paramedics attempting resuscitation one day? Give them a shot of O2 in between chest compressions?

 

[JESSFALLING]

thanks op, very interesting!

np!

 

[911 Turbo]

Fascinating

 

[NightGod]

This compound is different then tri-ox. Tri-ox help the body oxygenate the blood useing the bodys normal systems, this lipid oxygen thingy directly oxygenates the blood and does not require the patient to be breathing, however if the patient isn't breathing they don't have long before blood pH drops to fatal levels... Cool stuff though

Yeah, I know, but still damn close 😉 Plus sometimes the writers seem to use Tri-ox more like this substance than the canon description of it.

On the idea of paramedics using it, if you read the article that's what the spokesperson for the team that made is suggests as one possible use "Eventually, this could be stored in syringes on every code cart in a hospital, ambulance or transport helicopter to help stabilize patients who are having difficulty breathing."

 

[NightGod]

Fascinating

 

[JESSFALLING]

On the idea of paramedics using it, if you read the article that's what the spokesperson for the team that made is suggests as one possible use "Eventually, this could be stored in syringes on every code cart in a hospital, ambulance or transport helicopter to help stabilize patients who are having difficulty breathing."

What I'm wondering is if we'll see a higher % of successful resuscitations if this becomes standard?

 

[Frazier]

cool read. thanks.

 

[Hanguk]

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[NightGod]

My research PI had been talking about this for a while, odd that it's news now though?

There's a long gap between researchers talk about it with each other and being ready to announce it to the world, I suppose.