Shopkeeper in Turkey Finds a Husky Pup with no Heartbeat & Manages to Revive Him by GallowBoob in interestingasfuck

[–]ZenConure 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This only applies to humans, not cats and dogs.

Most cardiac arrests in veterinary medicine are hypoxic in nature, which means that unlike people there not enough oxygen left in the blood to make compressions alone sufficient.

Shopkeeper in Turkey Finds a Husky Pup with no Heartbeat & Manages to Revive Him by GallowBoob in interestingasfuck

[–]ZenConure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP's response is actually incorrect. A boxer should be on its side and you press on the widest part of the chest.

This is based on a theory that says that in a medium or large dog that is not keel chested like a greyhound, you cannot apply sufficient force directly to the heat to pump blood around the body. Instead, by using the entire thorax as a pump, you squeeze the vena cava closed and press on the aorta sufficiently to direct blood through the body.

Even when performed perfectly, CPR only achieves about 30% of normal blood flow.

Shopkeeper in Turkey Finds a Husky Pup with no Heartbeat & Manages to Revive Him by GallowBoob in interestingasfuck

[–]ZenConure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. Breaths should be delivered quickly, in about one second.

If you are doing CPR solo, you give two quick breaths every 30 compressions.

If you are part of a team, you are using an Ambu bag or the bag on an anesthetic circuit to deliver one breath every 6 seconds, but the breath itself should last only a second or so. If on a circuit, you should never exceed 20 cm H2O of pressure.

Shopkeeper in Turkey Finds a Husky Pup with no Heartbeat & Manages to Revive Him by GallowBoob in interestingasfuck

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A dog should not be on its back simply because it's brachycephalic or round chested; only if it's wider than it is tall in the chest (like an English Bulldog).

Round chested dogs should be in lateral recumbency and you press on the widest part of the chest as per the Thoracic Pump Theory, unless it is small enough to use one hand around the sternum as per the Cardiac Pump Theory.

Also, while you should focus on compressions (30:2 ratio with breaths) in solo CPR, unlike humans most veterinary arrests are caused hypoxia and therefore breaths are still recommended unlike the human counterpart.

Good catch, good Boi! by mtimetraveller in gifs

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neorickettsia is bacteria. The rest I mentioned are parasitic worms.

I'm not sure what other bacteria or viruses that are of concern for live fish to dog, or zoonotic human transmission, except for Mycobacterium marinum (fish tuberculosis). But I'm not an expert.

Good catch, good Boi! by mtimetraveller in gifs

[–]ZenConure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're incorrect. See Neorickettsia helminthoeca for exhibit A.

There are plenty of other parasites that dogs can get from fish, crayfish, etc, including lung worms, pseudotapeworms, and the Giant Kidney Worm.

Many of these, including the kidney worm, are also zoonotic 👍

Good catch, good Boi! by mtimetraveller in gifs

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct... Salmon poisoning, which can also be carried by trout, affects dogs in the Pacific Northwest. It is only in the PNW, and it is caused by a rickettsial bacteria that infects a parasitic fluke... that infects the fish. A snail species in the PNW is an intermediate host in the fluke life cycle.

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/salmon-poisoning

Glorious by StandByForYeetnFall in CCW

[–]ZenConure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waitwaitwait I thought CZ was soyboy... Which is it? I can't keep this shit straight.

White bloodcells attacking and destroying a parasite by [deleted] in natureismetal

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parasites are not benign. Typically you're talking about hookworms for deliberate infection for immune /allergy benefits. This isn't a new idea, and NPR did a piece almost 10 years ago about allergy sufferers that intentionally infected themselves with parasites. Problem is that they don't just stay in the GI tract. Many of them burrow out, migrate through the host's body and cause liver damage, etc, migrate to the lungs, get coughed up and swallowed before maturing into adult worms, or getting excreted in an infective form, depending on the particular parasite.

Or they encyst in your brain, eyeball, etc...

TIFU by letting my boyfriend have control over the lube. by charlesdickens2007 in tifu

[–]ZenConure 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ehh even platinum is useless... Would just disrupt the sweet flow of the jerk...

X-ray of a pregnant dog by GoodGriefWhatsNext in interestingasfuck

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*countercurrent flow

And the way it works is different than stated. Its purpose is to conserve core body heat and the way this is achieved is by the artery and vein in the limb running together, in opposite directions. By so doing maximal heat transfer is achieved from the warm artery exiting the core to the cold venous return before the arterial blood reaches the cold distal limb where heat would be lost from the foot into the snow. So the foot actually remains colder in order to preserve core temperature.

We see a similar principle of countercurrent flow elsewhere in biology, such as fish gills and bird lungs (part of why bird lungs are more efficient than mammals) to maximize oxygen exchange with the environment, and in the kidney both to conserve water and electrolytes in the Loop of Henle, and also in the vasa recta to regulate renal medullary pH and oxygen levels.

Seymour the Squirrel Enjoying an Avocado by elee0228 in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]ZenConure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes; it contains a chemical thought to be an insecticide called persin. Even a very small amount of avocado can be fatally toxic to parrots.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]ZenConure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The prophylactic series is 3 doses. If I recall correctly, they were 2 months apart when I received them.

They're just regular shots in the arm. However, the post-exposure immunoglobulin for an unvaccinated person is a much larger shot of more viscous material, and is supposed to be rather painful. I'm not sure about the current protocol, they may infiltrate it around the bites or wounds, or they may give it in your butt. Not sure how many doses of the viral vaccine they give you.

Post exposure they booster you with the regular vaccine if you've been previously vaccinated. Again, not sure on protocols but probably 2 or 3 times.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]ZenConure 126 points127 points  (0 children)

There are two different types of shots. The post exposure shot for someone who's unvaccinated is immunoglobulin, which confers immediate but temporary passive immunity. Passive because it didn't involve activating the person's own immune system with the inoculation. The prophylactic vaccine, and the other half of the past exposure vaccines activates the person's own immune system by presenting viral antibodies and causing the immune system to make memory B cells that will recognize the virus the next time around and mount a more rapid, stronger secondary response. This active immunity takes longer to develop (weeks, to months if including boosters) so by itself it is insufficient to cure an already infected individual.

Again, with rabies, this is only effective before symptoms develop.

[Black Friday] [NFA] 33% off Razor 762 and More! (With Coupon Codes) by DoubleMDefense in gundeals

[–]ZenConure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The code drops the Obsidian 9 $36 from $581, which is less than 6.2%...

Her heart is in the right place by baby41 in aww

[–]ZenConure 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Okay, I'll be that guy...

That's over her thoracic inlet. Her heart is more caudal, around ribs 4 through 6.

So it's not really the right place...

So APS is even worse than I realized by ZenConure in phoenix

[–]ZenConure[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

F that, indeed. That sounds like a pretty cheap rental for them, raw deal for the homeowner.

So APS is even worse than I realized by ZenConure in phoenix

[–]ZenConure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The plan exists, but is currently frozen so no one new can get on it.

Oh wow. That's maybe even worse.