The Human Body

[che13]

I don't think you can make yourself pass out by holding your breath.
...now if someone holds it for you....

My point was that you cannot "Stop" breathing on your own

[Hick]

I don't think you can make yourself pass out by holding your breath.
...now if someone holds it for you....

yeah, i think that would work! You may be on to something!

[Midnight Sun]

Tickling triggers the same receptors in your brain associated with pain.

I also saw on TLC awhile back where a man was clinically dead for over 4 hours and came back to life.

He was snowmobiling and drowned in an icy lake, his brain shut down everything except a minscule amount of electrical activity in itself. When found they drained his blood and used this special machine to recirculate it into his system, warming it very very slowly.

My facts might be a little off, but it is true.

[stegosaurus]

The "box of life" which are the thoracic and abdominal cavities can hold an average of 2L of additional fluid. The average person has 5L of blood. Rapid deceleration when wearing a seat belt over the shoulder can cause a carotid artery dissection, where the person would bleed to death without spilling a drop of blood on the ground (think 5L - 2L = 3L = hypoperfusion of tissues = death).

This was common in the US around the advent of mandatory seat belts for cars because the hanger for the belts were not adjustable. Research in emergency medicine highlighted this issue, and cars now have adjustable hangers, although E30's don't.

[noE30]

I also saw on TLC awhile back where a man was clinically dead for over 4 hours and came back to life.

He was snowmobiling and drowned in an icy lake, his brain shut down everything except a minscule amount of electrical activity in itself. When found they drained his blood and used this special machine to recirculate it into his system, warming it very very slowly.

My facts might be a little off, but it is true.

That was about a man from Clear Lake, Iowa. Its about 10 mins from where I live. Definitely an amazing story.

[payney8]

cryogenics here we come.

[stegosaurus]

There was a Dr. Oz clip from not too long ago where a man is having a heart transplant but the surgeon cant see because there is so much bleeding from the scar tissue that built up over his previous surgeries.

He then drains all of the patient's blood and keeps him on bypass with cold water pumping through his veins for about half an hour until they cleared all the scar tissue. I thought it was flippin amazing.

[xLibelle]

i dropped a rear subframe on my face a couple days ago and the diff carrier busted open my eyebrow... surprised as to how fast the deep gash has sealed and healed.

[lennon]

i dropped a rear subframe on my face a couple days ago and the diff carrier busted open my eyebrow... surprised as to how fast the deep gash has sealed and healed.

haha is that why you posted in that guys thread asking for diff removal advice?

edit- not you asking, he was. thought it was funny i just saw that thread and then i see this post.