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By the time the plane landed, the kid's oxygen saturation had risen from 88% to 95%, and the child was playing with his mother.
Sauce: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctor-channels-macgyver-asthmatic-toddler-aboard-transatlantic-flight/story?id=34013909
5knotcans
Right... And on an unrelated note the toilet smells like pot.
3dartwork
If the medicine was in check, how did they get medicine?
WesleyBelcher
Accidentally checked or his parents were trying for a new child?
locutusufborg
Mrdaihatsu
"Good heavens Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!"
AntikytheraMechanism31415
This is called a spacer not a nebuliser. A nebuliser creates a mist. I spent a lot of time on one as a kid.
chapterhawk101
But it acts like a nebulizer. The concept is roughly the same.
anticrash
They did surgery on a grape!
AlexjoneswatchingTporn
Fucking hated that stupid meme
WristDeepInaBook
when you put all your character stats into luck
greenchair
Just as awesome today as it was when it happened 6 years ago.
xCloud576
How does life saving medication ACCIDENTLY GET CHECKED!?
chapterhawk101
As someone whose been severely asthmatic all my life, you'd die laughing if you knew how many times I've done something stupid like that.
Mellayellafella1441
iamdeadlol
Science bitch
giveitgo
The airline still charged him $7 for the water bottle
recliningpanda
I’ve seen disposable cardboard ones used in hospitals. It’s about the size of two decks of cards. Worked quite well.
herejusttopointouterrors
from 2015, dumbass. your daily reposting shenanigans actually makes my blood boil. you are such a disservice to this site.
Xcallion1
"During each of his last three transatlantic flights, he said he's been asked to help a sick patient on board." Poor guy
PapayaCoconut
Dr Guru is in effect!
Klaxun
So smart his mother named him Guru.
theta53
Now that's the guy I want to pay .....just like a star athlete!!! Millions. This guy is worth it!
rbudrick
Classic mom, leaving meds in checked baggage.
imreallyjusthereforthecats
dudedude09
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodCanadian
Lucky he didn't end up in Guantanamo Bay
masteryoplait
What a champ!
Nerubin
For those who don't know: Below 88% means brain damage is happening.
PandoraZora
Dr Guru FTW!
Micro2112
Why not just give him the inhaler directly?
tomojeimie
This is why we have so many Trump supporters.
CookieMonstersCrumbs
2 yr old children don't understand how the inhaler functions. It wouldn't get into their lungs.
RenaissanceFaireMan
pinatafarmer
Someone else posted this portion
Wmcmwa
This is taught in emergency medicine. I was taught you can bodge a spacer with a bottle or plastic cup.
CureForHomoSapiens
Problemwoodchuck
So, injecting the meds into the bottle & then inhaled through the cup mixes more oxygen into the mix?
chapterhawk101
Little kids don't understand how inhalers work and won't breath it in and hold it in their lungs. So, you have to use a nebulizer for them.
ferafish
Nah. Without a spacer, the patient needs to coordinate breathing with the spray of the inhaler. With the spacer, the meds are contained in
ferafish
the spacer, and the patient can breath... more normally, and still get the meds. Easier to get a toddler to do.
Problemwoodchuck
Ahh, got it. Thanks.
namfoodle516
Also helps with cats with asthma - https://www.trudellanimalhealth.com/product/aerokat-chamber
CyborgScribe
Plus the positive pressure from the airplane oxygen mask probably helps getting the kids oxygen up. They always wanted oxygen blowing in
CyborgScribe
my nose after surgery at the hospital
bluechipmunk
They also had an oxygen tank with the mask replacing the bottom of the bottle. The cup was more to get it to fit the kids face.
BootsDusty
theglorydays
Aptly names Guru!!
FetchMyBrownPants
Guru is a perfect name for this guy.
MeetMyCuteQuotaNow
I love that macguyver is a verb.
shealy7
Thank goodness he had the skills and knowledge to help!
wherethehorriblethingsare
Thank goodness they were flying Air Canada, if it were American Airlines they'd have a medical bill when they landed.
Maveric315
70m4h4wk
It's jury-rigged. The jury is the back up mast on a ship. A ship that is "jury-rigged" has been macguyvered back into working order
Fengor
I knew my laziness in never googling this phrase's origins would pay off one day.
VicarDeaconBishop
Jerry-rig is a term reportedly coined by British soldiers to describe how German soldiers (Jerry) would repair their often broken equipment.
areyouelonmusk
Thanks. I'm not going to verify this. Only because I trust you completely.
VraedenHughes
They are absolutely correct. I had an argument about this and looked it up, it's Jury-rigged. It was what they would do to fix a mast at sea
IMostlyCommentInGifs
Respiratory therapist here. What he made was an MDI spacer. https://images.app.goo.gl/1gmabqxErwVAkwq46
Freemasonry
We use them in veterinary medicine for asthma patients. I've jury-rigged a couple myself
dearnest138127001
Hello fellow RT!
BootsDusty
Yeah but, it had an oxygen tank attached to it as well.
ChemicalG
So its like a nebulizer
IMostlyCommentInGifs
More like an MDI spacer/oxygen mask combo.
baneshiver
One of my sons has asthma. He has a Respiratory Therapist. You guys are amazing. Thank you for what you do. :)
roseblud
How did he get the medicine to put inside it?
Daemon7777
Someone on the Plane had an inhaler with him
mhhbot
The plane had an adult version that toddlers don't understand how to use.
UnkindledOne
Dumb question but why couldn't they just give the kid the inhaler instead of strapping it to that apparatus?
DrewAllOverYou
Dumb answer: The kid was TWO, and crying. Read! ? The! ?Article! ?
Johannason
From another reply above:
UnkindledOne
Ty
archjones
Thats what i do when in need
DanielleHL
Not an adult inhaler. A toddler would not understand the need to hold their breath once the inhaler was used.
UnkindledOne
Ty
stewgru
That’s a spacer, not a nebulizer. But good on him for being able to make one!
OhNoDontTouch
steamingbowlofdonkeyschlongs
Hard to tell but it also looks as though he hooked up the planes oxygen to push through the back. A little extra O2 if that’s the case
lordratner
That's a bottle mask. Airplane oxygen masks can't be triggered individually, but there are O2 bottles on the plane that have the same cuo
OurMajesty
Yep, oxygen masked in planes are typically single use oxygen generators. They burn sodium chlorate and iron and release extra O2.
Delta2Almanac
Honestly you could use a toilet paper roll in a pinch if you needed a spacer
CyborgScribe
Looks like he's using an airplane oxygen mask to also create a positive pressure high oxygen environment for the kid to breathe.
OhNoDontTouch
oxygen tank, but yeah.
1998wasthepinnacleofexistance
It is a nebulizer. There is forced air from the oxygen attached to the back. Also pretty sure he knows the difference.
ConcaKong
It looks like at the base of spacer he has connected one the yellow oxygen masks which could aerosolize the medication to some degree.
robustdumbass3000
What’s the difference?
ShadeWilson2
A spacer is an air chamber to allow the dry medication to mix with air before being inhaled. A nebulizer forces air through liquid meds to..
ShadeWilson2
Turn it into an aerosolized mist that can be inhaled.
robustdumbass3000
Tha I you for your explanation
robustdumbass3000
Thank you*
FlannaganTheRed
So is the medication in an albuterol inhaler a solid or a liquid?
CyborgScribe
Actually kinda a complicated question. It's tiny crystals in a propellant that sprays out droplets with the crystals inside
DewedMann
It can be an aerosol, a dry powder, or a solution to be nebulized.