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Post by OziRiS on Oct 12, 2014 21:09:32 GMT
pepsi is good for about 10 points. a cigarette is good for 50-100. haven't measured coffee to get a precise number. For cigarettes, are you sure you don't mean 5-10 points? My normal resting BP is somewhere between 115/65 and 125/75, depending on whether I've smoked within the last 15 minutes or not. I smoke a pack a day and I'm slightly overweight, so if what you're saying is true, if I stopped smoking, I should become permanently hypotensive once the nicotine is completely out of my system.
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Post by the light works on Oct 12, 2014 21:55:50 GMT
pepsi is good for about 10 points. a cigarette is good for 50-100. haven't measured coffee to get a precise number. For cigarettes, are you sure you don't mean 5-10 points? My normal resting BP is somewhere between 115/65 and 125/75, depending on whether I've smoked within the last 15 minutes or not. I smoke a pack a day and I'm slightly overweight, so if what you're saying is true, if I stopped smoking, I should become permanently hypotensive once the nicotine is completely out of my system. I'm talking spike, not average. - and I've seen firefighters enter rehab with a systolic over 200.
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Post by OziRiS on Oct 12, 2014 22:06:59 GMT
For cigarettes, are you sure you don't mean 5-10 points? My normal resting BP is somewhere between 115/65 and 125/75, depending on whether I've smoked within the last 15 minutes or not. I smoke a pack a day and I'm slightly overweight, so if what you're saying is true, if I stopped smoking, I should become permanently hypotensive once the nicotine is completely out of my system. I'm talking spike, not average. - and I've seen firefighters enter rehab with a systolic over 200. I'm guessing we're talking rehab for work related injuries to the lungs and not rehab for smoking, right?
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Post by the light works on Oct 12, 2014 22:24:38 GMT
I'm talking spike, not average. - and I've seen firefighters enter rehab with a systolic over 200. I'm guessing we're talking rehab for work related injuries to the lungs and not rehab for smoking, right? rehab on a fireground is where a firefighter goes to recover from the exertion of interior firefighting - not to be confused with drug rehab. - when you come back out of the building you report to rehab to rest and get your body temperature back down. (we don't routinely take core temp readings, because there is only one way to get an accurate reading and we aren't THAT concerned about documenting it.)
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Post by OziRiS on Oct 12, 2014 23:04:25 GMT
I'm guessing we're talking rehab for work related injuries to the lungs and not rehab for smoking, right? rehab on a fireground is where a firefighter goes to recover from the exertion of interior firefighting - not to be confused with drug rehab. - when you come back out of the building you report to rehab to rest and get your body temperature back down. (we don't routinely take core temp readings, because there is only one way to get an accurate reading and we aren't THAT concerned about documenting it.) Oh, okay. That kind of rehab But then, the BP in that situation wouldn't so much be related to smoke inhalation (I'm taking a wild guess here that you guys, like most firefighters in the world, try to keep that to an absolute minimum) as to physical exertion, would it?
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Post by the light works on Oct 12, 2014 23:05:52 GMT
rehab on a fireground is where a firefighter goes to recover from the exertion of interior firefighting - not to be confused with drug rehab. - when you come back out of the building you report to rehab to rest and get your body temperature back down. (we don't routinely take core temp readings, because there is only one way to get an accurate reading and we aren't THAT concerned about documenting it.) Oh, okay. That kind of rehab But then, the BP in that situation wouldn't so much be related to smoke inhalation (I'm taking a wild guess here that you guys, like most firefighters in the world, try to keep that to an absolute minimum) as to physical exertion, would it? yes, it is just an example of how dynamic blood pressure actually is.
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Post by OziRiS on Oct 12, 2014 23:19:35 GMT
Oh, okay. That kind of rehab But then, the BP in that situation wouldn't so much be related to smoke inhalation (I'm taking a wild guess here that you guys, like most firefighters in the world, try to keep that to an absolute minimum) as to physical exertion, would it? yes, it is just an example of how dynamic blood pressure actually is. Gotcha
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Post by the light works on Oct 12, 2014 23:56:20 GMT
yes, it is just an example of how dynamic blood pressure actually is. Gotcha and we have mostly passed the days where the firefighter comes out of the building, yanks off his mask, and fires up a cigarette.
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