Dawn Kernagis who is a PhD student at Duke University brought a cerebral oximeter down with her to the PFI Deja Blue competition this year.
It was able to measure O2 saturation of the brain tissues. She had lots of us doing various breath holds, dry static, CO2 tables, and O2 tables.
She and other duke doctors are very interested in looking at how to trigger the dive reflex in trauma situations. It would be great to be able to trigger slower heart rate and increased blood flow to the brain. Somehow the body is adapting to improve extraction of oxygen to keep brain tissue saturation up, even with a low HR.
They are wondering if proteins trigger these reactions and if so could you use those proteins to trigger the reactions in trauma victims. She also was measuring heart rate during the breath holds.
When they have any results from the study I'll let everyone know.
It was able to measure O2 saturation of the brain tissues. She had lots of us doing various breath holds, dry static, CO2 tables, and O2 tables.
She and other duke doctors are very interested in looking at how to trigger the dive reflex in trauma situations. It would be great to be able to trigger slower heart rate and increased blood flow to the brain. Somehow the body is adapting to improve extraction of oxygen to keep brain tissue saturation up, even with a low HR.
They are wondering if proteins trigger these reactions and if so could you use those proteins to trigger the reactions in trauma victims. She also was measuring heart rate during the breath holds.
When they have any results from the study I'll let everyone know.