Timeline for Is it possible to fall asleep while swimming?
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| Jul 9, 2019 at 19:50 | history | edited | BillDOe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
correct misplaced comma.
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| Nov 11, 2016 at 20:43 | comment | added | BillDOe | I don't really want to get into a drawn out argument as to whether or not I actually fell asleep on that occasion many years ago. From what I was told I had to be awaken after I didn't get out of the pool after the order to do so was given. I was still continuing the motions involved in the t-float and had been asleep for at least 15 minutes. That would be a very long time to continue motion while in a stupor. And at no time was I gasping for air. I was also told that this was rather rare, though not unheard of. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 15:16 | comment | added | Centaurus | I don't mean to say it's impossible to fall asleep during physical activity. In the medical science very few things can be classified as impossible. However, it's just the there is not a single case described in the medical literature. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 15:09 | comment | added | Centaurus | I didn't say you were in a stupor while mantaining physical activity. Your abnormal breathing pattern increased PaCO2 (arterial CO2 concentration) and you eventually got into a stupor. That's when someone had to "wake you up". You think you fell asleep. You are entitled to think whatever you like but I doubt a scientist would call it "falling asleep". | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 6:16 | comment | added | BillDOe | It would be pretty difficult to conduct the repeated physical activity necessary to maintain breathing in a t-float while in a stupor. I was there; I fell asleep. Besides, a build up of CO2 in the lungs activates the asphyxiation reflex. That didn't happen. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 0:54 | comment | added | Centaurus | The abnormal breathing pattern must have altered you blood paCO2 and you fell into a stupor. That is not the same as falling asleep. | |
| Nov 11, 2016 at 0:33 | history | answered | BillDOe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |