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>This latter is not reasonable as the effects of venous pooling in
>the legs in a head up position are due to the hydrostatic
>pressure of the column of blood below the heart. This effect, very
>obvious on land, is conteracted by in water by, among other things,
>the increased ambient pressure around the legs compared to the
>heart in the head up position. I find it hard to belive that
>cerebral perfusion will be compromised.
>
>David Doolette
Go hang upside down in a pool of water for 10-20 minutes (with or without
breathing equipment). Then turn head end up and tell me what happens.
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