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Laffy Kat

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6. Well, they do use ECMO on sepsis patients at times.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 01:47 AM

Apr 2020

Isn't that essentially doing the same thing? It's less invasive and more portable than a heart-lung machine. I'm not sure how long someone can stay on ECMO, however.

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Can someone with real medical competence tell me why this weird idea wouldn't work? [View all] eppur_se_muova Apr 2020 OP

So ... blow smoke up their ass? mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #1

which was used with drowning victims at one time and thought to resuscitate them Captain Zero Apr 2020 #7

I had to say smoke for the joke to work ;) mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #10

Trump talks out his ass, so I suppose it's theoretically possible The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #2

A colonoscopy requires Sogo Apr 2020 #3

You are looking at animals that evolved to do what you are talking about. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #4

Shared blood seems easier to me, but... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #5

Well, they do use ECMO on sepsis patients at times. Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #6

I'm a little nuts my self, safeinOhio Apr 2020 #8

I don't think it would work. GaYellowDawg Apr 2020 #9