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TMZ: Carrie Fisher suffers cardiac arrest on plane (Up: in ICU, condition unknown)
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SirMossyBloke
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Good lord. Not sure how I missed this news. Hoping for the best.
EvilRedEye
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Back at home for Christmas, reading my parents' Daily Mail. They've decided to illustrate this story with a big picture of Slave Leia. Classy.
Lé Blade Runner
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A man I know suffered a heart-attack and his heart-rate was flat for seven minutes. His wife was a nurse, so she knew CPR and saved his life ( she kept pumping his heart until the ambulance arrived ). He made it, but got minor brain-damage and is in recovery. He is expected to make a good recovery, but it takes time.
BolognaSoup
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Most likely she is. I'm sure they have AEDs but doubt they have ACLS kits unless they had a trained staff to use them. Regardless, the AED may or may not have been necessary. We have no idea of the specifics.
Patrick Bateman
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I don't wanna sound rude but is the next SW already filmed?
Episode 8? Principal photography has wrapped but they haven't had a chance yet to do any potential re-shoots.
Episode 9? Hell no.
Patrick Bateman
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Yeah, I meant Episode 8.
entremet
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Yep.People have mentioned her drug history, but she was also quite a heavy smoker I recall.
I hope you make it Carrie!stay with us!!
Smoking is horrible on your heart as well. Hope she makes it.
tensuke
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I mean she was a on a plane...Sure she had immediate medical attention but depending on the severity of her case it probably wasn't much. I'm hopeful but not optimistic.
Peter Ian Staker
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I am having awful flashbacks back to 2013 when this happened around the same time of year. God that was horrid.
This looks more like a James Hunt situation I am afraid.
Theslammer
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protomouse
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Motherfucking 2016.
Please, let everything be OK.
Please, let everything be OK.
Shadynasty
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Heard the new on my way to see Rogue One last night. Hope she's okay.
SumptuousLemur
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Dang. About 12 hours now with no updates. Ugh
Unless she dies, we won't hear much for a few days or longer, most likely. If it was truly a heart attack, she's not out of danger at all. The few days after an MI are critical because of potential sequelae that may follow. All we can do is hope for the best! I'm sure a medical center like UCLA has some incredible medical pros working with her, so that's always great news.
I'm so happy and simultaneously heartbroken that Gary is with her. I kept thinking about him too during this.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Omg!! I'm glad she is okay! Ugh this is so rough especially since I just started watching the star wars movies and praising her for her slay looks in each movie...her dying would be so devastating 😥 glad she's stable now.
Isn't this similar to what happened to Jerry Lawler during WWE Raw? His heart stopped for 10 minutes but he got cpr the whole time and made a full recovery. So I am hoping this happens here.
He was on a wrestling podcast either Steve Austin or Jerichos talking about it recently he said he had cardiac arrest which is the heart stopping completely. He said his theory was that it was caused by the electrical impulses getting messed up from Dolph Zigglers 10 elbow drops he did in a row. That it pumped his chest and got the signals out of wack. The good news was that once the heart was restarted things were fine and he had no permanent damage unlike a heart attack where blood is cut off from certain parts of the heart and their is permanent damage. So really hoping this is the case and she will make a full recovery no damage.
He was on a wrestling podcast either Steve Austin or Jerichos talking about it recently he said he had cardiac arrest which is the heart stopping completely. He said his theory was that it was caused by the electrical impulses getting messed up from Dolph Zigglers 10 elbow drops he did in a row. That it pumped his chest and got the signals out of wack. The good news was that once the heart was restarted things were fine and he had no permanent damage unlike a heart attack where blood is cut off from certain parts of the heart and their is permanent damage. So really hoping this is the case and she will make a full recovery no damage.
Just wanted to say I'm still thinking about ya constantly, Carrie, and I know you, uh, are in the ICU and don't exactly browse NeoGAF anyway, but damn it, bear with me. Or don't. Either way, be strong, as you've always been. Thanks for everything, and... I guess if ever there were a time for clichés, this would be it, so... may the Force be with you, ma'am.
But if they did CPR on her for 10 minutes, perhaps she still received air.
SymbiantXenos
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I'm so happy and simultaneously heartbroken that Gary is with her. I kept thinking about him too during this.
I felt extremely sad looking at photos of him on twitter earlier.
Chained Prometheus
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Actually it was reportedly longer than that. Apparently the time range is somewhere between fifteen minutes to half an hour. The phrasing in yesterday's reports was unclear.
Jezbollah
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Fabrice Muamba (a English Premiership player) had a cardiac arrest on the pitch during a game. He made a healthy recovery after his heart stopped beating for 78 minutes.
Obviously Fisher is not an athlete, but there is a precedence of the heart not functioning and prolonged CPR helping in recovering someone from such a medical situation.
It's certainly not impossible that she recovers. I was at the game where Muamba collapsed and every single person in the stadium thought he wasn't going to make it, but he did.
First she needs to make it through the next 48 hours and then I'm sure we will have a more clear picture of her prognosis.
Wasn't Lawler a heart attack and not a cardiac arrest?
It was, but he also stopped breathing for several minutes, some reports even say he was clinically dead for 20 minutes. He ended up making a full recovery.
It was initially reported as a heart attack, but later put down to "unexplained cardiac arrest". He was gone for like 20 minutes and the medical staff performed CPR on him for the entire time. He had a successful angioplasty the next day and was only taken off the ventilator two days later.
He made a full recovery and has even wrestled since.
StopMakingSense
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Lawler had the benefit of immediate medical attention by medical staff and equipment on site.
Very true, I'm hoping the CPR she received was enough to help her until medics arrived.
SpookyFries
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I couldn't sleep last night because of this
exmachina64
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I couldn't sleep last night because of this
Me either.
funkystudent
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She was cool in Blues Brothers.
Hope for a positive update soon.
Hope for a positive update soon.
Rentahamster
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JediMasterMatt
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As the day has gone on the lack of any news is becoming more and more concerning.
I hope it isn't to try to wait until after the holiday to update us with what we fear.
Hang in there our princess. All our prayers are with you and your family.
I hope it isn't to try to wait until after the holiday to update us with what we fear.
Hang in there our princess. All our prayers are with you and your family.
Yeah, I really don't know what to think about no news for such a long time.
She's a princess
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