News Ben Askren in critical condition

IV antibiotics are administered through your vein and into your bloodstream. This allows the medicine to work more quickly in order to treat serious conditions, such as infections in the heart, lungs, bones, soft tissue or brain. Devils in the details on danger.
 
spinitch said:
IV antibiotics are administered through your vein and into your bloodstream. This allows the medicine to work more quickly in order to treat serious conditions, such as infections in the heart, lungs, bones, soft tissue or brain. Devils in the details on danger.
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The infection in his lungs is super dangerous because it eats the soft tissue away, which as you could probably guess, can lead to death.
 
Aurelian said:
The infection in his lungs is super dangerous because it eats the soft tissue away, which as you could probably guess, can lead to death.
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Yea if the word on the internet is accurate, what he has comes with a 70% fatality rate. Would still hope Ben's top 5 or greater health percent would be enough to get him to be in the 30% group.
 
Meathead Jock said:
Yea if the word on the internet is accurate, what he has comes with a 70% fatality rate. Would still hope Ben's top 5 or greater health percent would be enough to get him to be in the 30% group.
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From what I read it seems like 30% is the worst case scenario. He could have a 40 or 50% chance at getting better.

But still, a coin flip on life or death doesn't inspire enthusiasm. Prayers for Ben.
 


Corey Anderson mentions being on a zoom prayer with the family and Ben's young daughter saying something to the effect of the Lord doesn't take something without giving something in return. The fact she is saying something like that means she has been prepped for the worst case scenario.

Sorry for the many updates, just feeling anxious and worried as the time passes.
 
Aurelian said:
The infection in his lungs is super dangerous because it eats the soft tissue away, which as you could probably guess, can lead to death.
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Sadly for Ben. To try and save him other risks and hardship might be necessary. Ben was a healthy not so old person. So shocking but healthy folks can get these super bugs too. This is literally the fight of his life a practically invisible attacker.
 
I’m really hoping he pulls through…

Had a very aggressive and entertaining grappling style, and there was even a point in time when I thought he was legitimately the best 170 lber in the world…
 
Poatan Power said:
First of all, I didn't say they intubated for PNA. Fix your reading comprehension.

Pneumonia is the initial cause. So they do, in fact, intubate for pneumonia, if you want to be a cumbersome little fuckwit, because pneumonia is the underlying patho that causes the ARDS, if he has ARDS, or respiratory acidosis, etc. FYI, since you're being a fucking idiot: you don't intubate for septic shock. The CMS guidelines for septic shock is lactate > 4 or persistent SBP < 90 after fluid resuscitation of at least 30ml/kg. None of that is AB related. You can qualify for septic shock and be ambulatory and a step down admission, sometimes even telemetry. So if you're done trying to sound smart and being a pedantic moron you can DM me about whatever else you want to get educated on.

I was being generally simple and straightforward for non-medical people to know the generalities of what was being shared. Not a 2nd semester nursing school or RT school quizlet.

Dumb ass.
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Lol so angry bro. Are all the midlevels in the US like this?

They don't intubate for septic shock but they intubate for pneumonia? Lolz, if you read my posts you would see I said that a decision to intubate a fit young male is very complicated.

The fact that you think pneumonia +/-complications are a more frequent cause for intubation than septic shock speaks volume about your training.

Buddy quotes the CMS guidelines - first I am from Aus so have no clue what that is, second what does you quoting their definition of septic shock have to do with intubation, what I said, or what is being discussed?
 
No Mas said:
Lol so angry bro. Are all the midlevels in the US like this?

They don't intubate for septic shock but they intubate for pneumonia? Lolz, if you read my posts you would see I said that a decision to intubate a fit young male is very complicated.

The fact that you think pneumonia +/-complications are a more frequent cause for intubation than septic shock speaks volume about your training.

Buddy quotes the CMS guidelines - first I am from Aus so have no clue what that is, second what does you quoting their definition of septic shock have to do with intubation, what I said, or what is being discussed?
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Does any of this really matter? It's a real bummer to see people argue over things when a guy could be dying. You would assume posters would know the time and place wouldn't be here, but then again, it's the Dawg.
 
Substance Abuse said:
Does any of this really matter? It's a real bummer to see people argue over things when a guy could be dying. You would assume posters would know the time and place wouldn't be here, but then again, it's the Dawg.
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Shit, I see subspecialties argue amongst themselves (particularly in the ICU) with patients dying a meter away about random med changes and goals of care on a daily basis. Sometimes they even throw hands (see the nephrologist vs. cardiologist throwing hands over lasix).

But yeah, prob not the time. Apologies for the derail. Hope Ben pulls through.
 
AstralPanda said:
Something like that

garlic and manuka honey both attack types of bacteria that are anti biotic resistant

So I figured I would have a better chance using my own cocktail of things. Can’t remember everything I used, but it was a lot

Was having some other health issues at the time and didn’t want to completely obliterate my gut flora

In retrospect, perhaps I should’ve gone to the doctor, but I try to approach problems like I’m on a desert island and there’s nobody around to help, to avoid reliance.

Although, I doubt they would’ve done any better than I did. Likely much worse, given how shit doctors are in Canada.
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So you a canada ho ? We always hear about free health care is supposed to fix problems like you just presented to us. I've been more of a home remedy person myself as I learned at a very young age that doctors are in it to win it $$$ and not help heal anyone. As an adult working in these hospitals over the years only further confirmed my beliefs. A previous co worker (who was as honest as old abe, if not more so) said that they found a ton of mold in the ac ducts at a massive hospital and came up with a plan to remove the mold, but the administrators at the hospital told them not to worry about it as they aren't in the business of healing people. Wish that dude would have taken video and pictures of the mold and then ass blasted them all over local news tv stations, like that still would have done much.

But yeah I've always been somewhat bi curious about manuka honey as I've only heard good things. But I've used raw garlic for a bunch of stuff with great results. I don't go to the doctor as all they want to do is run tests and tests and tests only for at the end of the day to give you a bunch of pills to pop every 6 hrs for the rest of your life.
 
just read about this. hope Ben pulls through and recovers.
 
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