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Old 23-12-2016, 22:38
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People on twitter have a point when they say others on social media may be finding this news out before members of her own family. It's a peril of this happening in a public place in the modern Information Age I guess but I still find it uncomfortable.

Really hope she pulls through.
Yeah I don't get the way people immediately turn to twitter as a way of "coping" at a time like this. It just reads like "omg you'll never guess what just happened" type bragging. The people in question then started saying they were doing it to help the family get to the hospital quicker but I don't buy that.
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Old 23-12-2016, 22:41
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Oh no, hope she ok and recover well. Her daughter is Chanel 3 in Scream Queens.
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Old 23-12-2016, 22:42
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Yeah I don't get the way people immediately turn to twitter as a way of "coping" at a time like this. It just reads like "omg you'll never guess what just happened" type bragging. The people in question then started saying they were doing it to help the family get to the hospital quicker but I don't buy that.
Yeah that's complete BS. Which family wants to find out via bloody twitter?

They should've realised they'd done something crass and deleted the tweets rather than defending themselves.
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Old 23-12-2016, 22:47
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David Ginola's heart stopped for 8+ minutes :http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...inutes-9344377
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Old 23-12-2016, 22:49
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It's being widely reported that her pulse stopped for about 10 minutes, so yes, on the flight she could have been classified as "dead".

But she was resuscitated and currently in critical condition, which unfortunately is not overly exciting news But at least she has some chances at survival.
I was not aware a statement on her condition had been released ?

Nobody wants her to be dead as she was loved and liked by most it seems. And her mum isn't well either she said recently so that's horrible. Poor Debbie
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Old 23-12-2016, 22:53
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TMZ reporting she was given CPR for 15 minutes.
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:01
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No no no, not another one. Come on, Carrie.
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:03
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I really hope she pulls through, she's an incredible and formidable lady who I just adore. Come on Carrie, if anybody can beat the 2016 curse it's her
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:09
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May the force be with her
Indeed! Hope she pulls through!
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:17
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I really hope she pulls through, she's an incredible and formidable lady who I just adore. Come on Carrie, if anybody can beat the 2016 curse it's her
Indeed. She is funny, smart and awesome in every way. Please be okay Carrie.
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:21
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She was literally just on 8 Out Of 10 Cats being just as witty and funny as ever.

I really, really hope she pulls through. For both her own sake and her family's.
She was very good on the QI Christmas Special a couple of years ago
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:38
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https://twitter.com/THR/status/812440401823072257

Wasn't breathing for ten minutes according to a fellow passenger
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:39
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Yeah that's complete BS. Which family wants to find out via bloody twitter?

They should've realised they'd done something crass and deleted the tweets rather than defending themselves.
It really is. I just got blocked on Twitter by one of the people who tweeted she had stopped breathing for 10 minutes. All i said was it was gross.

They only like the attention when it's positive, it's quite pathetic. If ya can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:46
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Her daughter is Chanel 3 in Scream Queens.
What does that mean?
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:48
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YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE CARRIE. I FORBID IT.
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:51
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Help her obi wan Kenobi.....
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:52
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Old 23-12-2016, 23:59
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Her daughter, Billie Lourde, plays Chanel number 3 on the television show "Scream Queens"
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:03
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Just heard on the radio (according to her brother) she is out of emergency and is now stable.

Really hope she pulls through.
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:05
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Just heard on the radio (according to her brother) she is out of emergency and is now stable.

Really hope she pulls through.
Indeed. The real fight might begin now. I mean look what a heart attack did to poor Tim Curry.
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:06
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Just heard on the radio (according to her brother) she is out of emergency and is now stable.

Really hope she pulls through.
Yeah I just read that too here https://apnews.com/968200c2fbc54f649c605d727f505689

It's good that she's stable which means that she may just survive this, but I do worry that not having a pulse for a full 10 minutes must surely have some kind of impact on the brain
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:16
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According to the Nydailynews via TMZ, medics weren't able to detect a pulse for 15 minutes.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2921704

Wasn't Fabrice Muamba supposedly dead for over an hour and still survived?

With miracles of modern medicine she could still pull through yet.
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:38
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Indeed. The real fight might begin now. I mean look what a heart attack did to poor Tim Curry.
Err - he had a stroke.
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:45
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Indeed. The real fight might begin now. I mean look what a heart attack did to poor Tim Curry.
I thought Tim Curry had a stroke, not a heart attack? (edit - ah, I see I'm not the first to point it out!)

Here's hoping Carrie pulls through. Others have, so not impossible. How awful though, to have people omg-omg-ing and tweeting the 'news' immediately from the plane before her family have been told. FFS.
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Old 24-12-2016, 01:11
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Yeah I just read that too here https://apnews.com/968200c2fbc54f649c605d727f505689

It's good that she's stable which means that she may just survive this, but I do worry that not having a pulse for a full 10 minutes must surely have some kind of impact on the brain
It depends on the quality and effectiveness of the CPR and how quickly it was delivered after the absence of a pulse. Out of hospital cardiac arrests normally fare badly because those patients often don't receive good quality CPR until the arrival of paramedics.

I believe some people get confused about CPR - this rarely restarts the heart but it does maintain organ perfusion until the cause of the cardiac arrest can be treated. The cause could be an arrhythmia (VF, pulseless VT, PEA), a clot in the heart (or lung), tension pneumothorax, hypoxia, hypovolaemia, drug induced, deranged electrolytes etc.

The reason the footballer did so well was mainly due to the presence of experts in the crowd who gave good cardiac compressions. Good CPR maintains brain perfusion so, hopefully, Carrie Fisher will recover following the restoration of pulse. However, the precipitating cause of cardiac arrest will need to be addressed as soon as possible.

It will have been very scary for witnesses.
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