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Anonymous asked:
I might be wrong, but on tv and in movies it seems like they put characters on oxygen (by cannula usually but sometimes mask) after surgery a lot for drama purposes even if there aren’t direct physical issues with their lungs. Like, if a character has a fever
What are reasons a writer could use to give supplemental oxygen after a surgery or injury that has nothing to do with a chest injury?
So oxygenation is measured by the percentage of oxygen-carrying molecules in the blood that are carrying oxygen. This is measured with a sensor on the finger (shown below). A normal oxygen saturation is between 95% and 100%.
If a patient's oxygen saturation falls and stays below 95%, they will be put on oxygen. This will start with 2 liters per minute via a nasal cannula and will be increased to 4 liters if the oxygen saturation does not increase. If the patient continues to desaturate, the cannula will be switched to a mask at 5-10 liters. Concentrations of 6 liters per minute or above require humidification.
People desaturate and get put on oxygen for a variety of reasons. Since all patients who are put under general anesthesia for surgery are intubated, some have a hard time keeping their sats up after extubation and are put on oxygen. Or maybe they lost a lot of blood during surgery or from an injury and desat because they have less oxygen-carrying molecules now. Even if a patient is anxious but not necessarily desat-ing, they might get oxygen just to help then calm down. And of course, anyone having trouble breathing is going to get oxygen.
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"If someone is open about their DID they're faking!" honestly comes from a place of privilege. Yeah let me tell no one about my disability and then come off as a complete asshole for being disabled with memory problems, communication issues, dissociation, etc. Fuck off, you think I tell people just for fucking fun? Hands are shaking as I tell irls about it cause they're wondering why I ghosted them for a month. Congrats that you're not forced to tell everyone you have DID because of your lack of memory issues and overt symptoms. Suck a dick. - V
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I learned about how other DID systems experience amnesia and one description has hit the nail on the head. We experience black-out amnesia, but not how it is commonly portrayed online or in media. We do not get confused about where we are, find ourselves in places we do not remember going. We do not notice our amnesia unless we are reminded of it.
Amnesia to us is like digging through sand trying to find the memory in our brain.
I do not recall forgetting something until i am supposed to remember the events. It feels to me like i have experienced every second of every day. I find it difficult to notice memory gaps on my own, and i believe that is partly the point of DID.
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Spend a bit of my free time just doing a few redesigns of the main six from mlp for fun!
