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Passing out at high altitudes / the Greek ailrliner crash
I am not a pilot, and as much as my email address sounds like I am a
doctor, I'm not... That said, I thought someone here might be able to help me out - they news reports talk about passing out within seconds at high altitudes. I understand the air is thinner / less O2. But if I go underwater, there's certainly no air there. And I can stay down for a while, holding my breath. How is high altitudes different? I would think you would rasp / fight to breath in but keep functioning as your body uses up the 02 in the blood from your last breath? Not like a sleeping gas in the movies where you just keel over as soon as it hits you? THANKS! |
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