You take a syringe with a needle and you just pump air into your vein. Would that be deadly? If not what would it do to the body?
2006-07-10 20:22:18 · 11 answers · asked by GoodAsDead 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
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2006-07-11 09:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really hit an artery or vein with a syringe full of air, you would cause an arterial embolism, a cardial embolism, or a stroke and die. Why do you think the doctor pushes all the air out of the needle before they inject you?
2006-07-10 20:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by joecuviello 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it can be deadly. It causes what is called an embolus. That is why, before you get an injection, the person giving you the injection ensures there is no air in the needle. It is treatable though. It's not typically this instantaneous thing like you see in some movies, or like that episode of smallville that aired the other day. :)
2006-07-10 20:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by Sonny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it has to be a significant amount. A couple of milliliters won't hurt, but if you took something bigger, like a 30 ml syringe and injected all of that air into your veins, I'd start to be concerned.
2006-07-10 20:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by firemedicgm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is really dangerous and fatal. If you pump air straight into your veins, it wont be long until the bubble will reach your heart, where it pumps blood to and from the arteries and veins. Sure way to die.
2006-07-10 20:26:29 · answer #5 · answered by Joy RP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can be very dangerous when you are diving if you come up too quick and get air bubble in your veins or something. That is why they need a compression chamber, so I would say yes.
2006-07-10 20:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by sereneicequeen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes , extra air in the blood can cause a blockage in the veins and you can die from it , or the air can go to your heart and also die from that.
2006-07-10 20:26:56 · answer #7 · answered by to whom it may confide 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is called an air embolism.. it does go to the heart and blocks the valve function.
2006-07-10 20:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is right, because o2 in our blood is adjust and more than it it cause blood be clog.
2006-07-10 20:30:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
2006-07-10 20:25:13 · answer #10 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋