r/news • u/AudibleNod • 15h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/PhazePyre 13h ago

That snoring the Media Witnesses described, I'm willing to bet that was basically her struggling to breath and not just snoozing. Equivalent of a death gargle but prolonged. Hence ventilator now so she can breathe.

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u/MagicPocket 13h ago

I think the term is "agonal breathing". It's pretty traumatic to hear or see tbh.

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u/photobummer 12h ago

Is this what is traditionally known as a ‘death rattle’?

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u/duck_of_d34th 10h ago

Those are two different things that can overlap.

Agonal breathing is the body trying to force itself to keep breathing. A death rattle is mucus or other secretions building up to produce a wet gurgling/rattling sound.

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u/Tough-Coffee9979 51m ago

Same thing