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Suspension trauma, also known as orthostatic shock while suspended, harness hang syndrome (HHS), suspension syndrome, or orthostatic intolerance, is an effect which occurs when the human body is held upright without any movement for a period of time.
Rescue death (or reflow syndrome) is a hypothesized fatal condition that can occur after blood pools in a part of the body for a prolonged period such as during suspension trauma. There are several proposed mechanisms for this phenomenon.
Macomb County Sheriff's Office shared a video of the rescue to Facebook, where it's since garnered over 91,000 views at the time of this article's writing.
Video captured the moment an Oklahoma City police officer and good Samaritan saved a man who was sleeping on the railing of a bridge before he rolled over into the water below.
Suspension trauma. Main article: Suspension trauma. Also known as harness hang syndrome (HHS), or orthostatic intolerance, is an effect which occurs when the human body is held upright without any movement for a period of time. Swallow-hole. Main article: Swallow-hole. The point where water drains from the surface into a cave system.
The dramatic helicopter rescue of a man who clung to a Northern California cliffside after having fallen off a trail in Golden Gate National Recreation Area was caught on video released by the ...
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The recovery position is designed to prevent suffocation through obstruction of the airway, which can occur in unconscious supine patients. The supine patient is at risk of airway obstruction from two routes: