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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (31617)	4/3/2005 4:15:11 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

So you're saying that if someone doesn't breathe (or their heart stops) for say six minutes they'll be clinically dead once paramedics arrive? I agree with you. I thought her brain damage was blamed on the fact that her heart had stopped for 6 minutes (which happens to be roughly the time between the 9-1-1 call and the arrival of the paramedics).

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (31617)	4/3/2005 7:28:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I am not even sure that immediate electrolyte infusion would have turned things around for her In the case of hyponetremia I know of, I asked EXACTLY that question: Why not pour in a slug of electrolytes to correct the imbalance quickly? I was told this would almost certainly result in rapid death and the balance had to be restored gradually. The race was ro restore it to normal before irreversible brain damage occurred.