• ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m not going to watch the video but was the saliva tinted pink at all? That’s a sign of congestive heart failure.

    Edit: from what I can find if the “sputum” is white and not “excessive” it’s not a cause for concern, if there’s a lot of it, it could be COPD, pneumonia or other pulmonary (lung) issues but should be checked out by a physician.

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      5 months ago

      Hi, I’m a paramedic x14 yrs. Didn’t watch the video, but I don’t think this is likely to be the case. In almost every case I’ve seen pink-tinged foamy sputum from CHF, the patient is in critical condition, and is in absolutely no state to be delivering a deranged rant. Even in the cases where they work on it with hacking and coughing for a bit, they’re still pretty much out of gas and not going to be carrying on like dumbass here. At least, that’s my experience.

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        5 months ago

        As an EMT of a few months I believe you and will file that in my mental toolkit. I’ve not seen pink sputum myself yet.

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      5 months ago

      Not that I could tell. What happens is while he’s loudly yelling, some spittle actually flies from his mouth.