Klarinet Archive - Posting 001085.txt from 1998/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wagner; Fiume March; Helium and Pitch
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 22:35:53 -0500

At 02:51 AM 11/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Just two quick points. First, these unfortunate people would have very much
>known that they were suffocating if they had been awake. Special receptors
>in the brain and certain blood vessels would have been triggered by the
>increased CO2 and the people would have began to breath very fast to try to
>get rid of this build up. They would have also had the feeling of oxygen
>starvation and felt very uncomfortable. Yuck.
>
>Second, the body also has oxygen receptors that respond to low oxygen
>levels. They are just not as sensitive as the CO2 receptors.
>
We were taught in Air Force physiological training (altitude chamber) that
oxygen starvation (hypoxia) is actually very insidious. You must be
trained to recognize your own particular symptoms (dizziness, hot flashes,
euphoria, tunnel vision, etc.) or you may not recognize it until it is too
late to take conscious action. Carbon monoxide poisoning works the same
way, and alcohol, by a different mechanism, produces very similar effects.

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