#oxygen

The breath you just took contains about 21 percent oxygen. But if you were in a chamber with no influx of fresh air, the oxygen level would slowly diminish. If it got to about 15 percent, you’d feel a little off—light-headed, with your heart laboring a bit faster. At 11 percent, you might feel a rising panic, become nauseated and lose the ability to think coherently. Below 10 percent, loss of consciousness, brain damage and death would follow within minutes. Meanwhile, under these oppressive conditions, the naked mole-rat, a nearly hairless and almost-blind rodent from eastern Africa, would be happily going through its daily routine of digging tunnels or sleeping in a massive mole-rat pile.

Alice's CA drama comes to a conclusion. Pulse and breathing restored, an oxygen mask is placed over her nose and mouth and she begins to slowly regain consciousness.

The ultimate mail day was cruelly cut in half—the actual ECG monitor is stuck at the border! But a true cardiophile doesn't let a pile of fresh electrode pads sit idle. I went ahead and stickered up, even if my placement is a bit chaotic from the pure adrenaline of opening the box. 📦

​Luckily, the pulse ox arrived safely to prove that Roxie is putting on a show, keeping the pace steady in the low 100s.