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"near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:19 pm
by peter303
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-ne ... onditions/
Hiking Paradise Trail on flanks of Mt. Rainier in snowstorm and lost for a full day. Heart stopped for 45 minutes at hospital. Might have been in a state of quasi-hibernation which helped him.
( I hiked that trail last year)
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:37 pm
by Wish I lived in CO
Amazing story!
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:14 pm
by Alpinefroggy
As is said sometimes,
Your're not dead until you're warm and dead
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:36 pm
by Will_E
That’s crazy.
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:36 am
by XterraRob
Mountain Madness taught me how to do this when I was preparing for Mt Baker. It could save your life one day.
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:56 am
by nunns
As Billy Crystal said in "The Princess Bride", he was only mostly dead.
Good to hear good news on a deal like this for once.
Sean Nunn
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:41 pm
by DeTour
I had never heard of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine before.
“In that process, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.”
Sounds like something that could save more than a few lives over the years.
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:47 pm
by douglas
DeTour wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:41 pm
I had never hear of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine before.
“In that process, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to tissues in the body.”
Sounds like something that could save more than a few lives over the years.
We use it all the time in pediatric cardiology. While it sounds pretty simple there are a lot of associated issues and problems. But yes, it saves many lives.
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:40 pm
by LoneStar
Wow, great story, great outcome. Praise be to God from whom all blessings flow.
ECMO is 20-plus-year-old technology that, as said above, has saved a lot of lives and been used extensively in pedi medicine. Sounds like this young man took advantage of the full spectrum available to him: technology, medical skill, rescue skill, and the helping hand of the Lord.
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:51 am
by Jorts
LoneStar wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:40 pm
and the helping hand of the Lord.
Certain it wasn't the assistive pasta tentacles of the spaghetti monster?
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:34 am
by HikerGuy
CaptCO wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:53 am
Jorts wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:51 am
LoneStar wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:40 pm
and the helping hand of the Lord.
Certain it wasn't the assistive pasta tentacles of the spaghetti monster?
I need to start Wake N Baking with this guy
Clearly, you have not been touched by his noodly appendage. He boiled for your sins.
https://www.spaghettimonster.org
Re: "near-dead" 14er hiker recovers
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:49 am
by nunns
HikerGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:34 am
CaptCO wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:53 am
Jorts wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:51 am
Certain it wasn't the assistive pasta tentacles of the spaghetti monster?
I need to start Wake N Baking with this guy
Clearly, you have not been touched by his noodly appendage. He boiled for your sins.
https://www.spaghettimonster.org
Being an unbeliever/agnostic/athiest is one thing and I can respect that.
Spoofing the belief system of millions of people is another story. I will pray for you sir. Someone must have hurt you severely to make you this way.
Sean Nunn