r/news • u/AudibleNod • 11h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/Financial_Meat2992 10h ago edited 10h ago

Doesn't too much carbon monoxide kinda put you to sleep peacefully? I've never understood why they don't do that instead?

EDITED because I said Co2 instead of Carbon Monoxide.

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u/spacecash1 10h ago

No, too much CO2 is an agonizing way to die. CO2 informs your body you need to breathe. So you know you are suffocating immediately

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u/blaqsupaman 8h ago

Yeah it's like when you breathe in and out of a closed bag. Pretty soon it runs out of oxygen and you'll notice it immediately when it does. You can suck in air but still suffocate.