Air bubble IV death

[fermonos]

Okay so what is the chances of actually dying from an air bubble going to the brain when IV'ing or can it even happen? Just I've never heard of it happening in the news ever in my whole life, but I always hear scare stories about it.

So please let me know your opinions, backed up with facts and sources if you can THANKS!


Also glad to be back first post in so many months haha!

 

[Pickledlemons]

You certainly can die from too much air in the bloodstream, a little bubble wont kill you as your bood can absorb the oxygen but as soon as a lot of any gas reaches your heart instead of liquid youre pretty dead. The heart doesnt know how to process gas as all it ever receives is liquid. Dont shoot air!!

 

[Tubbs]

Since you've already got this exact thread over in OD, and are receiving answers, I'm going to close this.