TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by ChiggaOG t3_11v468k on March 18, 2023 at 11:18 PM in todayilearned 56 comments 633
voodoohotdog t1_jcth591 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM If I'm not mistaken the damage can be mitigated if the patient can be put on dialysis. But that's a lot of dialysis machines that need to be available, not to mention the electricity to run them, staff, etc. Permalink 2
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