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tim-b wrote: 8 Aug 2022, 7:07am Grief takes us in different ways and goodness knows what his parents are going through
For me the issue is not within a well-established medical-legal procedure but with the cause which the press have said so little about
The issue is with social media, peers or wherever the investigation leads to stop children getting into this awful situation

Yes it really quite scary to think there are people out there is social media land organising "challenges" which can persuade a child to loose their own life by undertaking a profoundly dangerous act.

The situation as awful for everyone - the patients, the relatives, the hospital staff.
But unless health care professionals stop attempting to resuscitate people following cardiac arrest, then we will continue to have people dying whilst receiving organ support and ending up in similar situations as this poor child, as we cannot predict the extent of brain recovery (if any) in the early stages.

Unfortunately the media continues to use incorrect and emotive terms to rabble rouse -the facts paying lip service to running a good story.

Prior to the advent of modern CPR in 1960, Archie would have been declared dead at his home as he was in hypoxia induced cardiac arrest when the ambulance arrived.
Subsequent advances in Intensive Care Medicine, (primarily artificial ventilation but also renal, liver and cardiovascular support) have lead to situations where it is possible to maintain the body of a dead person for quite a considerable time. For example to maintain the integrity of a pregnant brain dead woman's body to allow her child to be delivered alive and well. Without mechanical ventilation a brain stem dead person's heart will stop within minutes as they cannot breath themselves.
The understanding that the brain is the essence of being human is essential to grasp the concept of brain stem death.
This is the human nervous system and it contains our consciousness. What we see on the outside is an evolved organic environmental suit which allows the consciousness to survive on this planet.
Death is the irreversible loss of consciousness and on an ITU, specific brain stem tests are conducted over time to determine that outcome.

The media gets its wrong by saying Archie died when the "life support" was withdrawn. The fact that Archie had been shown to be brain stem dead means he died well before the ventilatory support was removed, though the media fail repeatedly to acknowledge this for fear of spoiling their headlines. Similarly, "Life support" is a layperson term used when what they really mean is organ support. But they are not the same as otherwise we would not be able to undertake the removal of healthy organs for transplantation from dead individuals.

Mick F wrote: 1 Aug 2022, 6:31pm

Mick F wrote: Not seen it or interested in watching.
Heard the news of their victory on the radio this morning.

They were reporting that they were singing Sweet Caroline.
Why were the fans singing a Status Quo song?

pete75 wrote:It's a Neil Diamond song Mick.

Why were they singing and American song and not an English one?

Ask the men's football fans - they started it I believe. I have no idea why. But its a good song and kids love to sing it.

Was nice to see football fans not all pissed up and looking for a fight with each other..
Reminded me of rugby.

I use my bell but Ive noticed my new Hunt freehub is quite loud and often alerts people if I stop pedalling to slow down a bit.

In Australia, cars with CVT type automatic transmission are very common. My daughter has a Honda SUV and CVT transmission was the only option IIRC - you get use to the way it drives very quickly.

I find cars with automatic gearboxes are much easier to drive at slow speeds, especially if there are lots of harsh speed bumps like the ones we have in the villages around where I live (suspension wreckers, covered in grooves from where people have grounded).
Also I often use the cruise control as a speed limiter to prevent inadvertent over speeding, leaving me to concentrate on the road and cover the brake peddle with my foot (which gives a faster braking response as you don't need to move the foot from the accelerator)
But I doubt the cruise control works at or below 20mph - I'll have to test it the next time I drive it, which may be some time next week.

I have to say I have found Mavic customer service to be excellent, .
I rang them, got through immediately, explained ey issues and they emailed me back in few hours informing me of the nearest stockist where I could order in the size I wanted.

De Sisti wrote: 19 Jul 2022, 7:08am I have found Shimano shoes not to be very wide for my wide feet.

Does that mean they fitted perfectly then ?

I went with 45E and my Shimano RC3 fir lovely. (I normally take a 44 shoe)

AndyK wrote: 25 Jul 2022, 11:38pm

pal wrote: 25 Jul 2022, 6:46pm Le Col have got some free GCN subscriptions to give away (for the duration of the TDFF); it sounds like there were still some left earlier today (Monday), so perhaps worth a shot? https://lecolwahoo.com/moreeyesonher

Yup, I filled in the form this afternoon and my freebie code for GCN+ arrived this evening.

Yes, worked for me too. Logged in this morning. Thanks for that info.

What a shame the TDFF is not live on ITV4
It seems its only on pay TV , eg Eurosport.

Are the highlights shown anywhere on Freeview ?

In the past we employed a cat scanner. If the cat wouldn't eat it neither would we.

It doesnt work with Labradors though.

Am I correct in thinking that "Use by " and "Best before" dates are not the same thing, but are often thought to be the same by the buying public ?

To me, the former is a safety limit based on some testing (I hope), the latter a time after which you shouldn't bother to complain about quality but it is still safe to use.

My milkman brings 2 or 3 pints to my house several times a week - they have dates on the foil tops .We just line then up in the fridge and work from one end.

Best before dates are loved by industry as it encourages people to chuck out perfectly good food and buy more.

As a beekeeper I have to place a Best Before date on my jars. Nobody knows what that time period is as honey can last centuries. So we just add one or two years onto the date it was produced.