There was a doctor and nurse on board, but she went into full cardiac arrest, the chances of surviving that is slim even without being on a plane at the time.
A long cardiac arrest isn’t good. Oxygen starvation to the brain being an issue. If her heart was restarted after so long it’ll take a while to work out the ramifications.
FFS. 2016 has been a 5 star fur lined ocean going nuclear powered 4 funnelled gold plated glow in the dark bag of shit. We don’t need this to cap it off.
the chances of surviving that is slim even without being on a plane at the time.
Not a bad place to have a heart attack. Personnel trained in first aid and they probably have a defibrillator on board. Better than dropping down in the street or in bed.
Articles seem to keep using heart attack and cardiac arrest interchangeably
They do, but they mean different things. She’s had a cardiac arrest; if memory serves the commonest cause of these out of hospital is indeed a heart attack (though there are other potential causes especially in the context of long-haul flight e.g. PE) but the overwhelming majority of people who have heart attacks don’t arrest.
As of 2hrs ago she was in a stable condition according to the News agencies
Stable in the context of critical care doesn’t mean much except they’re not getting worse though. After 30 min down could well mean not on any inotropes/vasopressor and not waking with the sedation off.
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As of 2hrs ago she was in a stable condition according to the News agencies
Stable in the context of critical care doesn’t mean much except they’re not getting worse though. After 30 min down could well mean not on any inotropes/vasopressor and not waking with the sedation off.
I’m aware of that – my comment was the fact that the latest update as I typed was 2hrs old at that point.
There was nothing from any other site showing any different.
