ozspook t1_j13bxwy wrote on December 21, 2022 at 10:46 AM

Reply to comment by thenewcomputer in Could being submersed in a sealed tank of fluid help humans survive heavy G acceleration in outer space? by cheeze_whiz_shampoo

Why not just fill the lungs with water and oxygenate the blood externally with ECMO

Blakut t1_j13f2xz wrote on December 21, 2022 at 11:27 AM

doesn't that damage the lungs?

[deleted] t1_j13iw9a wrote on December 21, 2022 at 12:11 PM

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PainterOfTheHorizon t1_j15q0j0 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:26 PM

At least at the moment a person in an ECMO machine needs constant supervision by a higly trained nurse in order to avoid all kinds of problems, like forming blood clots.