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- Jun 28, 2023
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With the inert gas method (using say nitrogen or helium), it is claimed that when you completely empty your lungs, and then breathe in a lungful of inert gas, you lose consciousness almost immediately on inhaling the gas.
However, if you completely empty your lungs and just hold your breath, you do not lose consciousness. In fact I can completely empty my lungs, and quite comfortably hold my breath for about 40 seconds, without any hint of passing out or losing consciousness. Presumably this is because I have sufficient oxygen bound to the haemoglobin in my blood to last for 40 seconds without any issues.
So I don't quite understand how in the inert gas method, people lose consciousness very quickly after the first inhalation of the inert gas.
However, if you completely empty your lungs and just hold your breath, you do not lose consciousness. In fact I can completely empty my lungs, and quite comfortably hold my breath for about 40 seconds, without any hint of passing out or losing consciousness. Presumably this is because I have sufficient oxygen bound to the haemoglobin in my blood to last for 40 seconds without any issues.
So I don't quite understand how in the inert gas method, people lose consciousness very quickly after the first inhalation of the inert gas.