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A 7 minute breath-hold on SPO2 and HR monitor.

At 0:00 Ben's o2 is 99 and HR 84bpm.

At 2min hes at 96% and 110bpm

At 3:30 O2 is only down at 95 but HR has increased to 116

By 4:30 O2 down at 92 and Ben's heart has accelerated to 121.

5:00 and O2 down at 90% and the heart slows a little to 100.

At this point Ben begins small diaphragmmatic contractions.

By 5:30 the O2 has dropped to 80% and the heart at 90.

At this point Ben's intercostal muscles are engaged in contractions.

At 6:30 the O2 has sunk againt to 74 and heart slowing rapidly.

By the time he breaks at 7:00 the O2 is 65 and heart rate 73bpm.

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a news article about a worker who had a minor electric shock at work and was sent to the ER after feeling unwell some time later. The shock had disrupted his heart beat

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slow recovery

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in ICU

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hairy hospital ecg and neck brace

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a little groggy

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Dean Huijsen

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a bearded man thumbs-up a-ok

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feel better

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a big thumb-up from him

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feeling okay

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a thumbs up from me

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all about the thumb

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Almost a year since I last had the chance to give my pump a proper check-up. I was off sick with a nasty chest cold today and I could feel it pounding away as we’re also in the middle of a heatwave; as I was by myself at home I decided it was high time to give it some extra attention. My heart rate was stable at around 80-90 BPM, which is much faster than my usual resting pulse though not particularly tachycardic… but boy was it thumping hard! I could see the C4/C5/C6 suction cups shaking with every beat. Of course I also gave it a thorough stething; my pulmonic murmur and S3 were both clearly audible. I might put it through a new stress test over the next few weeks once I feel better.

I’d love to hear how you’d examine my heart while I’m sick, or how you’d put it through the test as I recover ;)

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random bump. As well as visible ecg electrodes, this guy is having his blood oxygen saturation monitored by IR fingerclip.

breath hold experiment continues with spO2 recording