Dude honestly his reaction by saying I don’t wanna die and doing nothing is scary and is terrifyingly accurate to how disorienting hypoxia is, to the point in which you can’t even focus on the fact that you need to save your own life with a mask.
As an airline pilot we would typically cruise between FL370 and FL390, and if one pilot had to leave the flight deck to use the bathroom, it was mandatory for the other pilot to put on the oxygen mask before they left. 12-20 seconds of useful consciousness doesn't leave much room for error when you're flying the plane.
The look on his face just a second or two after uttering those words tells a different story. You can see the fear buried under the confusion, as his smile fades.
I remember watching The Incredibles 2 and Helen's in the jet suffering from hyopxia and laughs while saying, "I don't want to die." It's just a cartoon but I remember it striking a chord with me because she was giggling about something so serious.
6:48 is scary - he vaguely understands that he doesn't want to die, but he has no idea how to press the mask over his nose even though it's already hanging from his ear. This is a very eye-opening PSA. Well done, folks.
rlholo I felt that part, especially because when I see something like that, I wonder how I would do had I not know something like what I'm watching could and/or *would* happen. 😥
Actually I think its just more like he was really confused about what the other guy was telling to him... first because its not a real situation (he was waiting for the other guy to do anything) also because he suddenly started talking much faster than before.... While Im totally agree on how hypoxia works on this video, probably that "dumb moment" could be beaten using basic orders, instead create a conversation / questions about "how you are not going to die" (that requires more proceses to be used) something like "put you mask on" would be working. I think a great part of the training for pilots or astronauts its to go deep into the subconscience about the risks, so if they get into this kind of trouble they will follow easier the procedure required motivated by that "fear"... Like make sure that something "disturbs" you that much that even half sleep or drunk you would be having it on mind all the time, what would be the difference on any situation like the one exposed on the video.
My only thought was, even as someone that is trained to fly, how easily even intelligence, logic, and abilities can be robbed completely. This demonstration was done at 25,000 feet. We fly at 38,000 feet, standard, daily, thousands of flights, every day. This scared me, to my plasma.
"I.. I dont want to die..?" then you can see him go from smiling to all of the sudden realizing the seriousness of the situation, knowing he needs to do something to prevent death but is so confused he just cant quite figure it out.
vovan1989 well technically it wouldn’t be great because you’d be trapped inside of yourself because you feel scared on the inside but appear to be happy on the outside
Did anyone else think of that part in the Incredibles 2 where Elastigirl is on the plane and experiences hypoxia and she's told she'd die and she says "But I don't want to die" and she's kinda loopy? Nice to see they did their homework and depicted that scene accurately.
I re-watched this video a little while ago, and noticed this comment about Incredibles 2. Today I watched Incredibles 2, and recalled this comment. It was eerie how closely that scene with Elastigirl paraphrased this video.
Lack of oxygen is an insanely fast and easy way to die. Because it's invisible, we can't really tell how much oxygen is in the air just by looking at it. There have been cave explorers, or maintenance workers die within seconds of entering an enclosed area that didn't have enough oxygen inside it.
This is exactly how a blood choke feels. Your brain just clicks off, and as soon as the choke is released and your brain gets fresh blood it immediately turns back on.
When he said “I don’t want to die “and just smiled blankly staring off into the wall....that would be a sad ending of a movie instead it was real making it more touching.
"Stowaway" kinda sorta ends that way... I was really surprised that this is the end they went for. (plus, THE Scott Manley was a science consultant on it, so you know it's gonna be fairly solid on that front... except where they ignored the science to write the story they wanted.) :)
Reminds me of nitrogen narcosis in divers. They can't be reasoned with once they hit a certain point, it's like they're breathing 90% nitrous oxide and they're floating off on a cloud somewhere. Sometimes they'll beg for help in that same loopy, semi-conscious tone of voice but they're too intoxicated to follow commands. Very sad and scary.
Theres very compelling evidence (i really dont understand why it hasn't occurred yet it makes all the sense) for hypoxia to be used as the execution method. It truly is 120% humane. Before death you go into a heightened state of euphoria as your brain starves of oxygen, and floods it with endorphins in one final hoorah. Personally I don't agree with capital punishment, but if it has to occur, it should be humane. Isn't way to do this, is just to strap a mask to them, tie them down, and pump pure nitrogen in (or argon). A pure inert atmosphere will make you go hypoxic without any suffocation (it will if you use CO2 as CO2 is what causes your body to suffocate). A few porcine slaughter houses use nitrogen environment to kill the pigs. And you put them in front of a feeding trough, and just like this video, even when they fall down on the stomach from hypoxia, they'll try to get up again and keep eating, in this environment, you just end up not even wanting to save yourself, you just laugh and smile as the euphoria takes you away.
It's a buzz, much like alcohol poisoning, he's experiencing the lucidity of conscience and it's a really "wooaah" moment. He's literally not capable of truly understanding the situation, it's kind of haunting when he just sits there and the smile fades as he realizes he should help himself but he really can't.
i was gonna comment to put ur mask on if you don't want to become a dumbass... after that when it was playing it back I noticed that he was playing with them tubes and it gave me chills
That scene when you said you don't want to die... So many things are going on there. Your primal instincts tells you not to die, but your conscious mind can't process what to do to prevent that. And you sit there with a smile on your face and a slight squint in your eye, and me knowing in a few seconds you might just keel over. That really scared me, because it was for real. Thank you Destin, for making this video. Appreciate it.
Exactly what I was thinking 😂, like it's a simple shape matching test that's normally used as a toy for toddlers does it really matter if you use the 2-dementional term or the 3-dementional term lol
I think the idea was to show how he couldn't bring himself to call the square a cube while he was under hypoxia. You can see he tries to switch to cube early on but later he can't think through it rationally and reverts.
Yeah. If he called all of them prisms with different bases - that would be redundant but correct, instead he's just showing off or messing with the guy.
@@Franzibald_ They knew the times it takes for the oxygen to get low and they wouldnt have let him get to that stage quick. I assume dropping from 62 to 61 then goes to 60 and then they'd fix it rather than it going from 61 jumping to 55.
lmao he literally told him exactly what to do to prevent it, and he just sat there smiling. this is probably the best way to die if you have destin's symptoms, cause you won't really understand what's happening and you'll be happy.
An interesting thing to note... My wife has a hard time watching this video. She said she didn't realize how much she liked my brain until she got a short glimpse of it being gone. Shoot me a message on twitter if you "don't want to die" and you'll put your mask on first : twitter.com/smartereveryday
Never had to deal with hypoxia, however, as a diver, you have to deal with with nitrogen narcosis which can have similar effects. When training for my advanced open water, the instructor took us all down to 115', and had one of those puzzles like you guys had. The goal was to get all 10 or so shapes into the toy. Everyone else fumbled around with some degree of success or another, until it came to me. All of my pieces kept floating away, so I eventually shoved the all back in the net bag, opened the toy, and shoved the entire thing into the toy. I was the only person to get a 10/10 on that exercise. The instructor said if I was lucid enough to problem solve like that with my first time being narc'd, I was good to go....
“Hey you’re going to die.” “Uhh.. I don’t wanna die?” Shows the true power of human instinct right there, despite the fact he was mentally unable to do anything because of the Hypoxia his brain was still able to register the basic instinct of survival. 'I don't want to die' is as basic as our brains get.
This was scary, the brain knew it was going to die. And managed to muster the words “I don’t want to die” but at the same time it couldn’t do anything. Almost like it was stuck in a prison.
Sounds like that terrifying feeling of waking up with sleep paralysis. You don't have conscious control over your breathing, so if feels like you're suffocating and you can't even twitch a muscle.
@crookback Are you really able to choose how it goes? For me, I don't really hallucinate but for movement, I've never been able to forcibly move my limbs
I felt chills down my spine hearing you saying “I don’t wanna die” I guess in your mind you didn’t want to die but you couldn’t do anything or couldn’t coordinate correctly, it was scary!!!
Me too. In a similar video, the subject described hypoxia as a feeling of euphoria and carelessness, he didn’t care if he died because he felt “happy”. It’s very dangerous.
Now i’ll never forget why i have to put my oxygen first. Airlines should include videos like this before a flight, I think it’s far more useful than any other movie offered during flight; it could save a life. Thank you Destin for showing videos so useful, informative, and fun! Best regards, Alex
Because at that point he was actually mentally gone, his body was probably shutting down and that was his brains last ditch for help from an outside source. Doubt he would remember saying any of that.
Many years later and I still think about this video. I was a part of the group that thought other come before myself and that the chain of operations was dumb. This video gave me the experience of not only proving me wrong but in a way that fundamentally allowed me to understand how listening to reason before making drastic decisions is important, even if I don't necessarily agree at the moment
I have to say Destin, you are really cheerful about the experience, but I was getting close to tears seeing you smile like a child and say "I don't want to die", knowing you were utterly helpless and minutes from death. I know it was a controlled environment, but my goodness that was intense.
That's the whole point. You're dying, but your brain doesn't know it, so it's just happily chugging along making lots of uncoordinated noise. Your body doesn't keep track of how much Oxygen is in your blood, tha'ts harder to detect. It measures dissolved CO2, because that's roughly equivalent to the last time you took a breath, and inert atmospheres don't occur often enough in isolation to be "visible" to evolution. As long as you can breathe something non-toxic that can dissolve CO2, your body won't care that it's running out of Oxygen, and will just run out of energy and die. Incidentally, that's why they say never to go inside of any kind of tank or sealed, unventilated vessel, especially septic tanks. They can fill up with CO2, a single breath of that will knock you out almost instantly. Any tank can fill with something that isn't Oxygen, and even pure Oxygen is dangerous. Just don't go in them without proper training and equipment.
Man, I got really nervous watching this. I know there were staff there to step in to help Destin, as they did, but I was really worried we'd lose him! Destin, be safe! We need you in this world! Also...great video!
I'd ask what he was thinking about to see if maybe he had like some unreal revelation the meaning of existence or whatever but the weird thing is I doubt he was thinking about anything at all in that moment. Eerie.
Exjoria its not scary you are pretty much in a state of being unaware its like your brain is telling you everything is alright when its not, like if you were high it dials your senses all the way down.
Bogdan Ungureanu of you were in a 747 and your pilot is acting in such a way, you have already passed out. Pilot cabin has it's own spare oxygen supply cannister as well as regular supply.
that old video of the guy going through rapid decompression was pretty crazy! but i thought that was supposed to kill you? i understood that divers have to come back up the water slowly because of the nitrogen that's created in the blood. so what's the deal? I SMELL FAKE NEWS!
D Sandoval im pretty sure divers descend to higher pressure areas which causes the bubbles in the bloodstream to shrink and take in more nitrogen but expand when they rise up. they're ascending to a lower pressure state where every gas is expanding. fake news? more like REAL FACTS!
"You will die" *Dest happy and smiling* "I don't wanna die" if something actually happened I would've been mentally destroyed from those few seconds alone
Irony is that's meat industry brainwash... meat consumption has nearly doubled since the 50s.. And im not trying to be a danny downer, but look up.. Forks Over Knives (netflix), Cowspiracy (netflix), Earthlings (TH-cam)...and as a bonus..check out Food INC. I'm not vegan or vegetarian.. However i find that BAD ideas are the destroyer of worlds, so i try to spread good ideas and the truth..in a world built on lies and ignorance. Irrelevant info: cool quote though, Maybe someday ..we can create something like a Pamburger..which isn't made of (dead) animal carcass...but plants! lolz.. i totally sound like a vegan, but i weigh 111 Kilos...and just had a couple egg sandwiches with ketchup, it's how we roll...in the Caribbean.
_"Maybe someday ..we can create something like a Pamburger..which isn't made of (dead) animal carcass...but plants!"_ Have you seriously never heard of veggie burgers?
It does have a sensor for level of oxygen, and weirdly its setted as "main control"... there exist a state in your body where you have low lvls of oxygen so your body starts to breath more, yet this excess of breathing causes muscles to produce more of CO2. Which is paradoxical because CO2 is also a problem, but somehow the oxygen sensor has higher priority. Same with respirators in hospitals, If you put O2 mask for too long on person, he can literally stop breathing because body has so much oxygen that it thinks its OK to stop breathing.. Another beautiful example of this is poisoning from cyanide. The O2 sensor works by sensing ATP made by oxygen. This chain is stopped by cyanide (KCN) so your body thinks you dont breath. Which could lead to "over" breathing, but it mostly doesnt happend since you are dead from poison already
I can't believe you were still conscious with an O2 sat in the low 60s. I'm an RN in a surgical ICU, and we intubate patients way before their saturations are that low. Needless to say, this video stressed me out a little haha.
I get the impression that a rapid decrease to 60% will allow one to stay conscious, but perhaps a very slow or constant level of 80% may be enough to put most people to sleep.
I figured it would be the opposite. A sudden drop of oxygen would be a shock to the system and knock you out quicker than a slow gradual release of oxygen.
The Flying Nurse I wouldn't exactly call that conscious. I'm not a doctor but it almost look like he was in a trance kinda like a sleepwalker or someone under hypnosis. SCARY!
I would suggest you climb Mt Kilimanjaro or up to any similar altitude where additional oxygen is not necessary and you'll find out that your O2 saturation is somewhere in the 60s. You feel a bit like Destin in this video where thinking is blurred and coordination is very poor.
A team of three of us had to bail off of Denali, when one of the members could not acclimate. He knew that he had issues, and checked in at the Kahiltna bowl med camp daily. One day, he felt even worse than normal, so we all went over, and his O2 saturation was 55%. Prognosis was pulmonary edema within a short while. We were gone from the bowl within hours, and at 7000 ft by early afternoon. Heck, by the time we were at 11,000 vice 14,000 he'd perked up immensely.
And everyone please remember to PULL on the air hose to the mask, as that is what activates the oxygen supply. It is actually not an oxygen tank, but chemicals reacting with each other and producing oxygen. Pulling on the mask is what activates the reaction for your seat row. The attendants alway tell you to pull it firmly, but since they never say why most people either don't catch it or quickly forget it.
Also, don't be surprised when the pilot dives. The plane has to go down as fast as the pilot can control it so cabin pressure is high enough to not need the oxygen anymore. That's generally below 11K, so you'll be diving for a while if you're at cruising altitude.
My mom died of hypoxia in the hospital at late night when no one was around, Now I know what she could have gone through .... She couldn't have alarmed any one once the O2 got real low ... :'( Thanks Dustin ♥
Vinodkumar GB That is sad my friend. If it means anything I'll tell you this... As you start losing oxygen to your brain, your mental state regresses to that of a child. You might KNOW of death, but it is quite meaningless as their is no thought involved. When I've been through this is would be very easy to just let it be. If your time is up, as it will be for all of us, that is in the top 3 of ways to go.
@@layyouin6860 i've gone into one of these chambers myself, it is as you say, you really stop understanding what's around you. it really is one of the nicer ways to go.
It looked like he had almost no control over his body. At that point I would say he couldn't remember much as Oxygen was missing on his brain which might have partially stopped a few systems. That's what it looked to me.
He most likely doesn't remember. Towards the end of the video he mentioned "useful consciousness." Right before they reapplied his mask, you would definitely say he was conscious in the sense that he was awake and reacting to things in some manner, but the lack of oxygen completely removes your ability think and reason. In a situation like that, you would die blissfully ignorant because you would lack the mental capability to even remotely understand what is happening.
Don't know about anyone else. But watching this in 2021 after recently recovering from covid 19. I now understand why my mind felt so confused and disoriented when I had covid. And my SPO2 was around 80. Super glad to learn this today. Thank you Destin.
Honestly for me that was more terrifying than funny because his cognitive functions weren't connecting--either he was parroting the person outside the experiment or he was realizing it but his body wasn't processing it fast enough for him to react to the notion that he needed to put his mask back on and turn on the airflow.
Wow. Right after he said, "I don't want to die." His hand starts moving a bit like he wants to put the mask on but lacks the ability to do so. He was seconds away from needing CPR.
If this was allowed to continue for another few seconds, he would have passed out, then he would start having arrhythmias shortly after which would ultimately lead to cardiac arrest, then the brain would follow. At altitude with no extra O2, yeah, nothing can be done. In a chamber that they can repressurize and have extra O2, CPR is the exact thing to do in the situation presented (if his heart wasn't pumping).
Oddly enough it seems slightly similar to the experience I had getting pure oxygen as a breathing treatment when I had severe bronchitis as a kid. Had to sleep beside the back door during the winter with the door cracked. The freezing air was the only way I could breathe comfortably enough to fall asleep. That and I assume the cold helped the inflammation of my lungs. Had started getting an obvious blue tint to my lips and face and my mom rushed me to the doctor. Not sure what my o2 was at but it had to have been dangerously low for that to happen. After being on the oxygen for a while my extremities kinda locked up and I couldn't move well. My fingers locked straight out and I couldnt bend them for a while until I came down some.
This is what it's like to be addicted to opiates... I've been in recovery for almost a year, and even after all this time, it still gives me anxiety to remember what it was like at my peak usage. I wanted to stop, and even though I knew that my tolerance had gotten to a point where the line between an overdose and a satisfying dose was paper thin, I still wasn't able to stop without either another human intervening with Naloxone to revive me from an overdose, or without using Suboxone to prevent cravings and mitigate the effects of withdrawal. This video does a great job of illustrating how unseen factors can have so much control over a person's behavior that they can become incapable of saving themselves despite recognizing the fact that they are in mortal danger.
cat intensifies Thank you, and it definitely was not a good situation. I just want to bring awareness to the fact that getting access to treatment and medication for addiction is incredibly hard in the first place, so asking someone in the midst of their "hypoxia" to figure it out for themselves is ridiculous. At the very least, Naloxone should be as available as condoms if the government wants to start fixing the opiate epidemic.
+PatriotPigeon yeah i understand what you are saying , when i was younger me and my mates used to have lsd and ectasy and there was times when we were so fucked we was just sitting ducks , anybody could of come over and stabbed us to death and not one of us would of been able to defend ourselves we would of just sat there , it's so stupid for us to put ourselves in that situation and i truly hope you are well and getting better...
Considering that military grade communications are usually encrypted digital signals it's odd that pilots' radios sound like analogue telephone signals. They should be at least as good as Skype.
@@bigincognito2095 you think these guys didn't go to plenty of school before they started doing exciting experiments? what you're calling boring is actually the baseline that you need. sorry reality isn't always entertaining
It's things like "Omg this Destin guy has such an annoying voice. DISLIKE" etc. Yes, there will always be people that can dig out something totally irrelevant and get hung up on it.
I went through training in the Air Force in 1963, we were given a clipboard and told to start writing our name as we went up to 35K. It was pretty cool watching everyone as their writing started going all over the page.
I think I speak for everybody watching this video when I say that I got seriously worried for your life, health and well-being when you whimpered, "I don't wanna die" while not doing - being unable to do - anything whatsoever... *Don't scare us like that!*
+Zero Cool True, but you don't watch a horror movie thinking "oh no worries it's all stunts". You'd surely get frightened even while knowing it's all acting.
I'm afraid you think wrong. I've got a lot of confidence in the people at NASA, who are not only highly trained and compassionate people but also friends of Destin. That doesn't mean there wasn't a little bit of tension, but the fact that this video was uploaded sans-fanfare was a clear sign that everything worked out. It was fascinating to see how easily even a powerful mind goes vacant without the air we take for granted each day.
That was really freaky. The creator and host of "Smarter Everyday" went from acting normal to acting like a 10 year old in a matter of minutes. Scary stuff! Thanks Destin for the important lesson!!
Having flown millions of commercial miles, I’ve always listen attentively each and every time I fly to the crew before, during, and after wheels have touched down. It’s also important to the crews!
I've flown at least a 100 times, I cant say I've ever paid much attention to the safety instructions. I will pay attention next time for sure. This is life saving information for stubborn idiots like me :D
It reminds me that other people did their job well that average joes like me don't have to worry about these emergencies most of the times flying, or even in cars and boats
I like to come back and watch these videos again after years. I have watched all of your videos when they originally come out, but it is still so cool to come back and watch them. The demonstration here is absolutely eye opening.
Y'know I gotta say that this is just... Absolutely horrific. Just the way you look, the way you said those words. "I don't.... I don't wanna die." I can tell in your eyes that everything is screaming at you to get that mask on, yet you can't hear yourself properly. I just truly can't get over how terrifying this is to me.
The Rubber Cactus, same. it's weird that even though you know it turned out ok (by the very fact that the video was posted) it's still so scary to see someone like that
When I tried the low pressure chamber the most notable symptom I sensed was a feeling of euphoria like if I had a beer just before.This is the most dangerous because you are in a critical situation and you feel happy, you would not take any action feeling like this. Also these symptoms are different from person to person so one has to train to get to recognize his symptoms of hypoxia. So if you fly an aeroplane and start to feel like having drunk alcohol check your oxygen supply and lose height!
I think they should really emphasize this more than just telling you briefly because I know that my parents would try and help me or my other sibings before themselves and most other parents would to
They tell it to you clear as day, every single time, there's no way you wont understand it if you speak the language. ''Put your own mask on first, before helping others.'' the shorter the sentence, the easier it is to understand. If anything it just shows your parents trust their own lack of knowledge on the subject and situation, than trust the word of the people who have spent years refining methods and tools to deal with such situation. It's an ''I can only depend on myself'' type of mindset, which isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing really, granted that they then inform themselves on the subject.
I came here because after seeing Incredibles 2 yesterday, I saw in the trivia on IMDb that Helen Parr’s expression during hypoxia when she says I don’t wanna die and sort of winks was perhaps copied from his expression in this video. Congrats on being the inspiration for a scene in a Pixar movie. Maybe.
@@cbr7170 no link, but for everyone here and future ppl in the comments. The time stamp in the movie should be a little after 1:42:38. You could go to a free movie site or something like that lol.
I've always been told (as an asthmatic) that if my O2 is below 90, to go to the hospital. Hearing that his 02 was 67 is terrifying! I had my oxygen at 89 once during a bad asthma attack and the room was spinning and I was sweating and panicking. I couldn't imagine being at 67!
That was pretty scary. I was ready for a funny video but then that "I don't wanna die" moment where he was helpless just hit me emotionally and made me really think about what must have been going on during all the other LOC aviation accidents I've learned about.
3 Years later and this episode is still hard to watch, but I do, because the greater lesson of "put your mask on first" helped me get my life in order. Thank you Destin, I owe you a burger.
Dude honestly his reaction by saying I don’t wanna die and doing nothing is scary and is terrifyingly accurate to how disorienting hypoxia is, to the point in which you can’t even focus on the fact that you need to save your own life with a mask.
It's like being so drunk that you forget to breathe.
It's nightmare fuel, is what it is.
As an airline pilot we would typically cruise between FL370 and FL390, and if one pilot had to leave the flight deck to use the bathroom, it was mandatory for the other pilot to put on the oxygen mask before they left. 12-20 seconds of useful consciousness doesn't leave much room for error when you're flying the plane.
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@@rencyvarghese8792 What happened?
That “I don’t wanna die.” Was so chilling because you appeared so happy from the hypoxia...
The look on his face just a second or two after uttering those words tells a different story. You can see the fear buried under the confusion, as his smile fades.
I remember watching The Incredibles 2 and Helen's in the jet suffering from hyopxia and laughs while saying, "I don't want to die." It's just a cartoon but I remember it striking a chord with me because she was giggling about something so serious.
Euphoria is a common symptom
Dumber people are happier. This proves it.
Not really
"You're gonna die"
"I don't want to die"
"So put your mask on and flip all three switches"
*smiles and does nothing*
Lmao
**chuckles** i'm in danger
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I dont know why i found it so disturbing more than interesting
Larza I feel ya, to see him go from normal to “I don’t want die” but can’t even function made my anxiety cry
6:48 is scary - he vaguely understands that he doesn't want to die, but he has no idea how to press the mask over his nose even though it's already hanging from his ear. This is a very eye-opening PSA. Well done, folks.
rlholo
I felt that part, especially because when I see something like that, I wonder how I would do had I not know something like what I'm watching could and/or *would* happen. 😥
I don't want to die
*smiles*
This part gives me extreme chills. And the look he gives after he says "I dont want to die". Its just a dead blank smile. Pure helplessness
@@Quephara ;D
Actually I think its just more like he was really confused about what the other guy was telling to him... first because its not a real situation (he was waiting for the other guy to do anything) also because he suddenly started talking much faster than before.... While Im totally agree on how hypoxia works on this video, probably that "dumb moment" could be beaten using basic orders, instead create a conversation / questions about "how you are not going to die" (that requires more proceses to be used) something like "put you mask on" would be working.
I think a great part of the training for pilots or astronauts its to go deep into the subconscience about the risks, so if they get into this kind of trouble they will follow easier the procedure required motivated by that "fear"... Like make sure that something "disturbs" you that much that even half sleep or drunk you would be having it on mind all the time, what would be the difference on any situation like the one exposed on the video.
Who else was super uneasy when he said his blood saturation was at 67 and then they said that he can die at 60 and then it went down to 63.
It went to 61 actually.
it was at the lowest that we saw 61 but I think after they took that thing off his finger it could have been 60
I bet you don't care if it was a Mexican.
jk.
I was really starting to feel uneasy when it was at 61 at 6:35
I was actually freaking out a bit
That was genuinely terrifying to watch. All his brain could do is say that it didn't want to die.
me to i almost stopped watching
My only thought was, even as someone that is trained to fly, how easily even intelligence, logic, and abilities can be robbed completely. This demonstration was done at 25,000 feet. We fly at 38,000 feet, standard, daily, thousands of flights, every day.
This scared me, to my plasma.
if he died he couldnt upload this dummbass
Moner R its obvios they wouldnt let him die they would be sued probably
Why would you almost stop watching then
"I.. I dont want to die..?" then you can see him go from smiling to all of the sudden realizing the seriousness of the situation, knowing he needs to do something to prevent death but is so confused he just cant quite figure it out.
Or maybe he was just thinking about laminar flow 😂😂🤣😂🤣
yeah that's what I was thinking. He went from smiling to slowly lowering the smile and looking down and more confused/alarmed
Smiles and gazes emptily into the distance...
*I D O N T W A N N A D I E*
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5 seconds before: *I **-don't-** feel so good.*
at least he would have died happy ^^
vovan1989 well technically it wouldn’t be great because you’d be trapped inside of yourself because you feel scared on the inside but appear to be happy on the outside
hypoxia: omae wa mou shinderu
destin: *I D O N ' T W A N N A D I E*
This actually shows how basic out brains get. We can't do anything but our brain just knows not to die.
1) this was an incredible video
2) please never do this again
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"Put your mask on you are going to die"
"I..i dont wanna die"
*Sits there and smiles*
Gavino T right and he winks like haha just kidding! That was freaky
@@khloerabnta4995 I thought it was a wink too but watching again his eye was winking over and over again, I think he couldn't control it.
that is from hypoxia
Gavino T and don't forget the wink 😂
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Did anyone else think of that part in the Incredibles 2 where Elastigirl is on the plane and experiences hypoxia and she's told she'd die and she says "But I don't want to die" and she's kinda loopy? Nice to see they did their homework and depicted that scene accurately.
Bruh literally my thought process there XD
Why didn’t she get bigger then 🤔
Lol you guys remember Incredibles 2? All I remember about it is how much of a lazy boring cash grab it was.
Yeah I said exactly the same in the comments, it's the same line in both the video and the movie , very interesting
I re-watched this video a little while ago, and noticed this comment about Incredibles 2. Today I watched Incredibles 2, and recalled this comment. It was eerie how closely that scene with Elastigirl paraphrased this video.
As a flight attendant, I'd just like to say thank you for making this video.
So, is it as hard as the movie gweneth paltro was in as a steward, says it is to be hired as a steward or??
answer her question JAMES .. if that is your real name
@@big30clip James truly is a man of mystery.
Andrew Kolandjian He surely is proud of his job
as a passenger, i like to say thank you too, this really shows how much important it is to follow this instruction!
What's most shocking is that he came back so quickly. He went from half brain-dead, and inches away from literally dead, back to normal in seconds.
That is really chilling.
I mean that's how it works. Your brain gets the first supply of oxygen in your body because it's the most consuming one .
Lack of oxygen is an insanely fast and easy way to die. Because it's invisible, we can't really tell how much oxygen is in the air just by looking at it. There have been cave explorers, or maintenance workers die within seconds of entering an enclosed area that didn't have enough oxygen inside it.
That's why it's called the breath of life.
This is exactly how a blood choke feels. Your brain just clicks off, and as soon as the choke is released and your brain gets fresh blood it immediately turns back on.
When he said “I don’t want to die “and just smiled blankly staring off into the wall....that would be a sad ending of a movie instead it was real making it more touching.
"Stowaway" kinda sorta ends that way... I was really surprised that this is the end they went for. (plus, THE Scott Manley was a science consultant on it, so you know it's gonna be fairly solid on that front... except where they ignored the science to write the story they wanted.) :)
Apparently the build up of carbon I think it is is why people who have NDEs feel happy and relaxed before the lights go out.
8:48 when you reward someone with a hamburger for saving your life
me when the I when the
"Copy."
@@woofplays " _"Copy."_ "
now we know now when somebody saves your life give them a hamburger lol
Yeah, a heroic act like that deserves at least some home-cooked steamed hams
"I dont wanna die?"
While smiling and winking.
Captain Obvious^
What was that shape?
(childs voice) Square?
Reminds me of nitrogen narcosis in divers. They can't be reasoned with once they hit a certain point, it's like they're breathing 90% nitrous oxide and they're floating off on a cloud somewhere. Sometimes they'll beg for help in that same loopy, semi-conscious tone of voice but they're too intoxicated to follow commands. Very sad and scary.
Theres very compelling evidence (i really dont understand why it hasn't occurred yet it makes all the sense) for hypoxia to be used as the execution method. It truly is 120% humane. Before death you go into a heightened state of euphoria as your brain starves of oxygen, and floods it with endorphins in one final hoorah. Personally I don't agree with capital punishment, but if it has to occur, it should be humane.
Isn't way to do this, is just to strap a mask to them, tie them down, and pump pure nitrogen in (or argon). A pure inert atmosphere will make you go hypoxic without any suffocation (it will if you use CO2 as CO2 is what causes your body to suffocate). A few porcine slaughter houses use nitrogen environment to kill the pigs. And you put them in front of a feeding trough, and just like this video, even when they fall down on the stomach from hypoxia, they'll try to get up again and keep eating, in this environment, you just end up not even wanting to save yourself, you just laugh and smile as the euphoria takes you away.
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It was eerie hearing him say "I don't want to die" so happily and smiling
Its like he was on vikadin
It's a buzz, much like alcohol poisoning, he's experiencing the lucidity of conscience and it's a really "wooaah" moment. He's literally not capable of truly understanding the situation, it's kind of haunting when he just sits there and the smile fades as he realizes he should help himself but he really can't.
yeah it is definitely scary, just to think that it might happen to ourselves just because of lacking oxygen
He was so light headed that it felt like a fantastic world
Is was
This was scary to watch.
"I dont want to die. hahahaha"
"PUT YOUR MASK ON"
*stares blankly at a wall*
He’s like “I don’t wanna die 😃”
i was gonna comment to put ur mask on if you don't want to become a dumbass... after that when it was playing it back I noticed that he was playing with them tubes and it gave me chills
that is from hypoxia
*smiles* "I don't wanna die." *continues smiling*
poisenbery Without oxygen the brain doesn’t work well which causes him to not respond correctly
That scene when you said you don't want to die... So many things are going on there. Your primal instincts tells you not to die, but your conscious mind can't process what to do to prevent that. And you sit there with a smile on your face and a slight squint in your eye, and me knowing in a few seconds you might just keel over. That really scared me, because it was for real. Thank you Destin, for making this video. Appreciate it.
"Circle? It's a cylinder."
Oh, so he's one of THOSE guys.
Exactly what I was thinking 😂, like it's a simple shape matching test that's normally used as a toy for toddlers does it really matter if you use the 2-dementional term or the 3-dementional term lol
THEY'RE ALL PRISMS
Well.... He IS an astronaut.
I think the idea was to show how he couldn't bring himself to call the square a cube while he was under hypoxia. You can see he tries to switch to cube early on but later he can't think through it rationally and reverts.
Yeah. If he called all of them prisms with different bases - that would be redundant but correct, instead he's just showing off or messing with the guy.
at 60 death can occur....
*I feel like going to 61*
Sneaky Master I saw his pinky said 61 and no one was saying anything uhhh
Ngl pretty edgy pretty edgy
Yeah, goddamn, they probably had everything under control, but it felt pretty loosey goosey.
Ur welcome for ur 880 like, also if someone says "your going to die if you dont put your mask on" and you stare at a wall, like why.......
@@Franzibald_ They knew the times it takes for the oxygen to get low and they wouldnt have let him get to that stage quick. I assume dropping from 62 to 61 then goes to 60 and then they'd fix it rather than it going from 61 jumping to 55.
"I don't want to die" just sits there frozen. That was chilling
He was vibing
lmao he literally told him exactly what to do to prevent it, and he just sat there smiling. this is probably the best way to die if you have destin's symptoms, cause you won't really understand what's happening and you'll be happy.
@@goodoc8248 well he experienced happiness, who knows what everyone else will feel
@@ledolphin8164 bruh he said if you have destin's symptoms
I literally was crying
"Alright sir, if you don't get on oxygen you're gonna die."
this dude: :D
He's either high or drunk
When is it
@@ladboii2901 it's euphoria effect from hypoxia.
He was winking
and then hes like:
:) i dont wanna die (:
That was terrifying when he said "I don't wanna die" and just sat there.
Ikr, destin just sat there with a smile, forgetting the fact that he was a minute or two away from death. really terrifying
That's your brain off oxygen. Spooky.
probably even a little less, since his watch said 61 and the guy said that at 60 he could die at any moment, really scary.
wwmm25 He knew what he was signing up for (very probably)
definetly at lot of papers were signed lol.
Destin with hypoxia: circle
"It's not a circle, it's a cylinder"
Destin without hypoxia: circle
"see, now he's totally fine"
I think the part that was a concern was the cross being called a square.
he wasnt in hypoxia at the time
just without oxygen for a little bit
Cilinder is a circle
Cilinder? Its cylinder
@@Infinity540 sorry, english isn't my first language and some words are tricky.
An interesting thing to note... My wife has a hard time watching this video. She said she didn't realize how much she liked my brain until she got a short glimpse of it being gone. Shoot me a message on twitter if you "don't want to die" and you'll put your mask on first : twitter.com/smartereveryday
I can understand her feelings. Your "I don´t wanna die" sounds so far away and helpless I teared up a bit.
I actually remember seeing a snapcode but can't remember at what point, just that I saw it
She must have been worried about your life too!
It was a little upsetting to watch.
lol I paused the vid to look at the comments at 9:10 and i saw this and when I played the video again the snapcode appeared three seconds later
Never had to deal with hypoxia, however, as a diver, you have to deal with with nitrogen narcosis which can have similar effects. When training for my advanced open water, the instructor took us all down to 115', and had one of those puzzles like you guys had. The goal was to get all 10 or so shapes into the toy. Everyone else fumbled around with some degree of success or another, until it came to me. All of my pieces kept floating away, so I eventually shoved the all back in the net bag, opened the toy, and shoved the entire thing into the toy. I was the only person to get a 10/10 on that exercise. The instructor said if I was lucid enough to problem solve like that with my first time being narc'd, I was good to go....
That's some real problem solving there, I love it!
“Hey you’re going to die.”
“Uhh.. I don’t wanna die?”
Shows the true power of human instinct right there, despite the fact he was mentally unable to do anything because of the Hypoxia his brain was still able to register the basic instinct of survival. 'I don't want to die' is as basic as our brains get.
Yeah and he didn't forget his basic instinct of smiling. Always looking gentle to be saved by susan, very important.
Dieu Donné gotta give the smile and puppy eyes, the infantile instict of survival by cuteness
SKih buv
I think you missed the point my dude... he was just regurgitating what was said to him as he was slowly passing out.
My brain is so stupid that I am always functioning on the basic instinct of survival
"I don't want to die" **smiles**
XD
He could die in a minute*
I find that so creepy...
**Winks**
L3G. It does me think of that film ice age 3 where they are all laughing while they know they're gonna die :)
Put this on airport waiting areas or planes!
+derpy153 that's a very good point actually
Yes, but definitely don't do this in the US.... 'tards will try achieving a "better score" than him...
lol!
I agree this should really be in airports
+John Bapple 😂😂 good one
Can we all take a moment to acknowledge that Destin risked his life so he could teach us something important?
This was scary, the brain knew it was going to die. And managed to muster the words “I don’t want to die” but at the same time it couldn’t do anything. Almost like it was stuck in a prison.
Sounds like that terrifying feeling of waking up with sleep paralysis.
You don't have conscious control over your breathing, so if feels like you're suffocating and you can't even twitch a muscle.
@@convolutedclarity close your eyes and concentrate on breathing and you should be back online like in 10 - 15 secs or minute
Sleep paralysis is terrifying... especially when you're aware of it
@crookback Are you really able to choose how it goes? For me, I don't really hallucinate but for movement, I've never been able to forcibly move my limbs
@crookback Don't you think I've already tried? ;-;
"You're going to die."
"Uh, I don't wanna die?"
*DEATH RATE DROPS TO ZERO*
But on a long enough timeline, the survival rate of everyone drops to zero
@@mikeaninger7388 the comment says "death rate", not "survival rate".
I felt chills down my spine hearing you saying “I don’t wanna die” I guess in your mind you didn’t want to die but you couldn’t do anything or couldn’t coordinate correctly, it was scary!!!
Millions of years of evolution what can we say
@@prithvirajb1953 Humans didn't evolve at 25,000 feet
Me too. In a similar video, the subject described hypoxia as a feeling of euphoria and carelessness, he didn’t care if he died because he felt “happy”. It’s very dangerous.
@@shadowxxe Tibetans
@@Kromiball they live at high elevation but not 25,000 feet high. It'd be impossible to survive
Now i’ll never forget why i have to put my oxygen first. Airlines should include videos like this before a flight, I think it’s far more useful than any other movie offered during flight; it could save a life. Thank you Destin for showing videos so useful, informative, and fun!
Best regards,
Alex
Put on the mask or you will die. *unawareness intensifies*
Impulse Awareness: -100
Impulse “I don’t want to die”
Deliberately avoids putting mask on because death looks pretty good right now.
I ruined your 222 likes
D O N T D R I N K T H E P O T I O N
in the backround
man: so what do you go by?
women who saved destin: i go by nacho.
9:21
Nacho Karen
I go buy taco see you later. (under hypoxia)
She really missed an opportunity to answer:
I go by Nacho.
Man: What?
Nacho business.
9:26 in the background you can hear them say "Nacho mama"
I was truthfully scared for you when said you didn't want to die. The way your hand wasn't moving was scaring me.
Because at that point he was actually mentally gone, his body was probably shutting down and that was his brains last ditch for help from an outside source. Doubt he would remember saying any of that.
Yep. Exactly. His brain was already unable to perform any simple task.
+burns0100 omg
That and the creepy grin.
+The_Blazer ikr
Many years later and I still think about this video. I was a part of the group that thought other come before myself and that the chain of operations was dumb. This video gave me the experience of not only proving me wrong but in a way that fundamentally allowed me to understand how listening to reason before making drastic decisions is important, even if I don't necessarily agree at the moment
"It's a square."
I somewhat got scared...
Some copied your comment for some reason. His names Green Raver. Scroll down and you might see him
Eh... Not like I trademarked it or anything
+Malicious Affection Yeah I just thought it was pretty weird I guess lol
maybe Green Raver just happened to think and comment the same.
I too got worried when he said it was a square, and it wasn't.
Ebon Hawk No he commented the same comment word for word with the same punctuation too. And I've seen him do it on other vids. It's weird
I have to say Destin, you are really cheerful about the experience, but I was getting close to tears seeing you smile like a child and say "I don't want to die", knowing you were utterly helpless and minutes from death. I know it was a controlled environment, but my goodness that was intense.
LynxChan my heart stop for a moment there....
That's the whole point. You're dying, but your brain doesn't know it, so it's just happily chugging along making lots of uncoordinated noise. Your body doesn't keep track of how much Oxygen is in your blood, tha'ts harder to detect. It measures dissolved CO2, because that's roughly equivalent to the last time you took a breath, and inert atmospheres don't occur often enough in isolation to be "visible" to evolution. As long as you can breathe something non-toxic that can dissolve CO2, your body won't care that it's running out of Oxygen, and will just run out of energy and die.
Incidentally, that's why they say never to go inside of any kind of tank or sealed, unventilated vessel, especially septic tanks. They can fill up with CO2, a single breath of that will knock you out almost instantly. Any tank can fill with something that isn't Oxygen, and even pure Oxygen is dangerous. Just don't go in them without proper training and equipment.
I was so nervous
I know I'm late to reply but at 7:56 he says he had about 3-5 minutes left before he died in the experiment. Still scary though.
I felt weird when he said that and froze
"I don't wanna die" *Smiles and stares off into nothing*
lmao
"That high"
Man, I got really nervous watching this. I know there were staff there to step in to help Destin, as they did, but I was really worried we'd lose him! Destin, be safe! We need you in this world! Also...great video!
I'd ask what he was thinking about to see if maybe he had like some unreal revelation the meaning of existence or whatever but the weird thing is I doubt he was thinking about anything at all in that moment. Eerie.
I was actually really worried for Destin at that part
Let’s all thank Susan for keeping Destin alive ! We need him alive! He’s making us all smarter .
she's gonna get so many hamburgers from us
He’s lucky his name is Destin instead of Kenny.
"I don't... I don't want to die" and then just staying there doing nothing
Man that is scary, just imagine being in that state in an actual flight
Exjoria its not scary you are pretty much in a state of being unaware its like your brain is telling you everything is alright when its not, like if you were high it dials your senses all the way down.
Bogdan Ungureanu of you were in a 747 and your pilot is acting in such a way, you have already passed out. Pilot cabin has it's own spare oxygen supply cannister as well as regular supply.
that old video of the guy going through rapid decompression was pretty crazy! but i thought that was supposed to kill you? i understood that divers have to come back up the water slowly because of the nitrogen that's created in the blood. so what's the deal? I SMELL FAKE NEWS!
D Sandoval im pretty sure divers descend to higher pressure areas which causes the bubbles in the bloodstream to shrink and take in more nitrogen but expand when they rise up.
they're ascending to a lower pressure state where every gas is expanding. fake news? more like REAL FACTS!
lol!
oh, okay :)
"if you don't get on oxygen now, you are going to die"
"I don't wanna die" (blinks eye*)
Greenrunner 695 I know that wink was kinda like “I don’t wanna die” but wink “just kidding” I was like ahhhh put his mask on! Lol 😂
Greenrunner 695 Winks not blinks.
Khloe Rabnta No it was a twitch from the hypoxia.
@@Zaz5y r/woosh
"You will die" *Dest happy and smiling* "I don't wanna die" if something actually happened I would've been mentally destroyed from those few seconds alone
That's the effect of Euphoria. When you get that rush of euphoria you really don't care what happens.
Oh the smile dissipating after that "I don't wanna die" is heartbreaking
"Thanks for saving my life, I owe you a hamburger"
"Copy"
Excellent response!
I liked that too, lol
Irony is that's meat industry brainwash... meat consumption has nearly doubled since the 50s..
And im not trying to be a danny downer, but look up.. Forks Over Knives (netflix), Cowspiracy (netflix), Earthlings (TH-cam)...and as a bonus..check out Food INC.
I'm not vegan or vegetarian.. However i find that BAD ideas are the destroyer of worlds, so i try to spread good ideas and the truth..in a world built on lies and ignorance.
Irrelevant info: cool quote though, Maybe someday ..we can create something like a Pamburger..which isn't made of (dead) animal carcass...but plants! lolz.. i totally sound like a vegan, but i weigh 111 Kilos...and just had a couple egg sandwiches with ketchup, it's how we roll...in the Caribbean.
It's either bad meming or some new cult. Regardless, ignore.
+Ecchi Version Of Liquid I understand your cause and agree to an extent, but there is a time and place for everything, and this is not one of them.
_"Maybe someday ..we can create something like a Pamburger..which isn't made of (dead) animal carcass...but plants!"_ Have you seriously never heard of veggie burgers?
Reminds me of that simpsons gif of the kid chuckiling and saying "im in danger" XD
WOOOOOOOSH
@@Dr.feetsmeller no,?
Yeah :(
@@Dr.feetsmeller do you not understand how the whole woosh thing works?
😂😂😂
Did this make anyone else feel like it was hard to breathe when watching this
Yes!
me
Which is odd, because AIUI you don't get a "hard to breathe" feeling in low oxygen; your body doesn't have sensors for that.
yes it does
It does have a sensor for level of oxygen, and weirdly its setted as "main control"... there exist a state in your body where you have low lvls of oxygen so your body starts to breath more, yet this excess of breathing causes muscles to produce more of CO2. Which is paradoxical because CO2 is also a problem, but somehow the oxygen sensor has higher priority. Same with respirators in hospitals, If you put O2 mask for too long on person, he can literally stop breathing because body has so much oxygen that it thinks its OK to stop breathing.. Another beautiful example of this is poisoning from cyanide. The O2 sensor works by sensing ATP made by oxygen. This chain is stopped by cyanide (KCN) so your body thinks you dont breath. Which could lead to "over" breathing, but it mostly doesnt happend since you are dead from poison already
This is one of those instances where I actually understand why this was recommended after 4 years
Why? Someone else said this was hard to watch, did I miss something?
Exactly, it becomes even more scary after watching so many people with covid die due to lack of oxygen
@@jays951 bit of a stretch there chief
@@BackflipinBrandon not a stretch by any means, buddy
@@anotheronechompsthedust9618 yeah, except for that fact that this video has absolutely nothing to do with covid.
When your life is worth a hamburger but not a cheeseburger.
Bacon cheeseburger
Levi Skardsen unless you get the bad side effects 😬
Food is food, simple
HAMBURGER> CHEESEBURGER NO CAP
...how 'bout a freakin' steak dinner wi' ALL the trimmings.....huh?
just a thought
I can't believe you were still conscious with an O2 sat in the low 60s. I'm an RN in a surgical ICU, and we intubate patients way before their saturations are that low. Needless to say, this video stressed me out a little haha.
I get the impression that a rapid decrease to 60% will allow one to stay conscious, but perhaps a very slow or constant level of 80% may be enough to put most people to sleep.
I figured it would be the opposite. A sudden drop of oxygen would be a shock to the system and knock you out quicker than a slow gradual release of oxygen.
The Flying Nurse I wouldn't exactly call that conscious. I'm not a doctor but it almost look like he was in a trance kinda like a sleepwalker or someone under hypnosis. SCARY!
I would suggest you climb Mt Kilimanjaro or up to any similar altitude where additional oxygen is not necessary and you'll find out that your O2 saturation is somewhere in the 60s. You feel a bit like Destin in this video where thinking is blurred and coordination is very poor.
A team of three of us had to bail off of Denali, when one of the members could not acclimate. He knew that he had issues, and checked in at the Kahiltna bowl med camp daily. One day, he felt even worse than normal, so we all went over, and his O2 saturation was 55%. Prognosis was pulmonary edema within a short while. We were gone from the bowl within hours, and at 7000 ft by early afternoon. Heck, by the time we were at 11,000 vice 14,000 he'd perked up immensely.
And everyone please remember to PULL on the air hose to the mask, as that is what activates the oxygen supply. It is actually not an oxygen tank, but chemicals reacting with each other and producing oxygen. Pulling on the mask is what activates the reaction for your seat row. The attendants alway tell you to pull it firmly, but since they never say why most people either don't catch it or quickly forget it.
boost
Erland Johansen Wow I never knew.. Thanks!😄
Also, don't be surprised when the pilot dives. The plane has to go down as fast as the pilot can control it so cabin pressure is high enough to not need the oxygen anymore. That's generally below 11K, so you'll be diving for a while if you're at cruising altitude.
This was so scary. He didn't want to die but he couldn't help himself at that point either.
They should show this on airplanes before the movie.
Totally
They should also show "Titanic" and "Poseidon" on every cruise ship.
The Incredibles 2 movie did it already
"I'm experiencing Boyles law right now". "I am too". *looks directly at camera* "we're passing gas".
'gets triggered'
My mom died of hypoxia in the hospital at late night when no one was around, Now I know what she could have gone through .... She couldn't have alarmed any one once the O2 got real low ... :'(
Thanks Dustin ♥
Vinodkumar GB That is sad my friend. If it means anything I'll tell you this... As you start losing oxygen to your brain, your mental state regresses to that of a child. You might KNOW of death, but it is quite meaningless as their is no thought involved. When I've been through this is would be very easy to just let it be. If your time is up, as it will be for all of us, that is in the top 3 of ways to go.
Sorry for your loss man
@@layyouin6860 i've gone into one of these chambers myself, it is as you say, you really stop understanding what's around you. it really is one of the nicer ways to go.
Vinodkumar GB I’m so sorry
@@layyouin6860 Which would be the other two in your opinion?
That one moment when he says "I don't want to die" but couldn't do anything just broke my heart in the strangest way.
My IQ is equivalent to Destin when he’s experiencing hypoxia
so, a small child
Same hahahaha
jeez your lucky...
Mines worse
My angle of bank on the ground is about the same as there's at Flight Level 2-5-0
My IQ is equal to a Christmas tree
You have a near death experience all for the name of science. Respect that.
That "I dont wanna die" was so real
+MakinaDeMuerte Yea that actually made me nervous D:
I think we all cried a little
It's not really a near death experience. He was supervised at every time.
+Derfoklishe He was still moments away from death
You looked really helpless on those last seconds. What was going through your mind then? Just blank? Can you even remember?
Yea good question I was wondering that too?
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It looked like he had almost no control over his body. At that point I would say he couldn't remember much as Oxygen was missing on his brain which might have partially stopped a few systems. That's what it looked to me.
He most likely doesn't remember. Towards the end of the video he mentioned "useful consciousness." Right before they reapplied his mask, you would definitely say he was conscious in the sense that he was awake and reacting to things in some manner, but the lack of oxygen completely removes your ability think and reason. In a situation like that, you would die blissfully ignorant because you would lack the mental capability to even remotely understand what is happening.
I have to say, Hypoxia is now near the top of my list of Scariest Ways to Die.
Don't know about anyone else. But watching this in 2021 after recently recovering from covid 19. I now understand why my mind felt so confused and disoriented when I had covid. And my SPO2 was around 80.
Super glad to learn this today. Thank you Destin.
"I owe you a hamburger"
-Destin 2016
Lmao
Tbh I was waiting for her to tell him "I'm a vegan"
Well, there is such a thing as a veggie burger, although I wouldn´t wish it on my worst enemy.
Copy :D
true.. but he said HAMburger haha!
" I don't wanna die" "winks" 😂😂😂😂😂
mohannad bakain t
I don't think that he is saying "I don't want to die" because he actually thinks that, rather he is parroting the guy on the radio.
Honestly for me that was more terrifying than funny because his cognitive functions weren't connecting--either he was parroting the person outside the experiment or he was realizing it but his body wasn't processing it fast enough for him to react to the notion that he needed to put his mask back on and turn on the airflow.
I really think he felt like he was going to die You can see it in his face no laughing matter but they are right help yourself before you have others
Euphoria 101.
Wow. Right after he said, "I don't want to die." His hand starts moving a bit like he wants to put the mask on but lacks the ability to do so. He was seconds away from needing CPR.
CPR wouldn't help
edit: it wouldn't help in a real world situation
CPR wouldnt help his heart is not stopping his brain is dieing
If this was allowed to continue for another few seconds, he would have passed out, then he would start having arrhythmias shortly after which would ultimately lead to cardiac arrest, then the brain would follow.
At altitude with no extra O2, yeah, nothing can be done. In a chamber that they can repressurize and have extra O2, CPR is the exact thing to do in the situation presented (if his heart wasn't pumping).
Oddly enough it seems slightly similar to the experience I had getting pure oxygen as a breathing treatment when I had severe bronchitis as a kid. Had to sleep beside the back door during the winter with the door cracked. The freezing air was the only way I could breathe comfortably enough to fall asleep. That and I assume the cold helped the inflammation of my lungs. Had started getting an obvious blue tint to my lips and face and my mom rushed me to the doctor. Not sure what my o2 was at but it had to have been dangerously low for that to happen. After being on the oxygen for a while my extremities kinda locked up and I couldn't move well. My fingers locked straight out and I couldnt bend them for a while until I came down some.
@@alexgulino335 pure 02 can create a giddy feeling as well.
This has to be the best real-world demonstration I've ever seen. Well done and amazing content.
That was legitimately scary to watch! "I don't want to die"
Totally. He was just smiling there and wasn't moving at all. "Had susan not been in there to put your mask on, you would have died."
This is what it's like to be addicted to opiates...
I've been in recovery for almost a year, and even after all this time, it still gives me anxiety to remember what it was like at my peak usage. I wanted to stop, and even though I knew that my tolerance had gotten to a point where the line between an overdose and a satisfying dose was paper thin, I still wasn't able to stop without either another human intervening with Naloxone to revive me from an overdose, or without using Suboxone to prevent cravings and mitigate the effects of withdrawal.
This video does a great job of illustrating how unseen factors can have so much control over a person's behavior that they can become incapable of saving themselves despite recognizing the fact that they are in mortal danger.
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cat intensifies Thank you, and it definitely was not a good situation. I just want to bring awareness to the fact that getting access to treatment and medication for addiction is incredibly hard in the first place, so asking someone in the midst of their "hypoxia" to figure it out for themselves is ridiculous. At the very least, Naloxone should be as available as condoms if the government wants to start fixing the opiate epidemic.
+PatriotPigeon yeah i understand what you are saying , when i was younger me and my mates used to have lsd and ectasy and there was times when we were so fucked we was just sitting ducks , anybody could of come over and stabbed us to death and not one of us would of been able to defend ourselves we would of just sat there , it's so stupid for us to put ourselves in that situation and i truly hope you are well and getting better...
wow you literally put your LIFE on the line to educate people, thats........dedication
more like deducation o.0
TheFalconLord GO TO YOUR ROOM!
Nah, it was a controlled environment. He certainly was not going to die.
Perot X still incredibly risky. You saw how low his O2 saturation was. He could very well have gotten brain damage from that.
Nah, he's too smart for brain damage to affect him
Pilot mics are worse than Xbox mics
ku881ba Gaming lol
Makes it sound genuine
ku881ba Gaming 🤣
M8 nothing is worse than iphone earphones plugged into discord with lag.
Considering that military grade communications are usually encrypted digital signals it's odd that pilots' radios sound like analogue telephone signals. They should be at least as good as Skype.
"put your mask on or you'll die"
:)
"Your going to die"
"I don't wanna die"
"Put your mask on then"
:)
:)
"Thank you for saving my live, Susan, I owe you a hamburger."
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...copy that.
This is the kind of physics we should learn in school. I rly started to like physics again, but only by watching your videos
This is more biology I’d say but I still agree. This is something that could end up saving your life one day.
Its all chemistry,physics and biology
Bio+Chem>The oxygen and your physiology and the hemoglobin reaction with oxygen
Physics>The pressure
School just makes it seem boring sitting on a metal chair writing on a piece of paper at 9 in the morning
@@bigincognito2095 you think these guys didn't go to plenty of school before they started doing exciting experiments? what you're calling boring is actually the baseline that you need. sorry reality isn't always entertaining
Speak for yourself, I did learn things like this in school.
I'll never understand why any of these videos get dislikes.
There's bad sound quality for part of it, and a bible verse at the end. That's enough for 0.025% of viewers.
It's things like "Omg this Destin guy has such an annoying voice. DISLIKE" etc. Yes, there will always be people that can dig out something totally irrelevant and get hung up on it.
trolls/dislike bots mostly
That's from Grim Reaper.
Sometimes a part of dislikes are mistakes/misclicks
I went through training in the Air Force in 1963, we were given a clipboard and told to start writing our name as we went up to 35K. It was pretty cool watching everyone as their writing started going all over the page.
I think I speak for everybody watching this video when I say that I got seriously worried for your life, health and well-being when you whimpered, "I don't wanna die" while not doing - being unable to do - anything whatsoever... *Don't scare us like that!*
+Zero Cool True, but you don't watch a horror movie thinking "oh no worries it's all stunts". You'd surely get frightened even while knowing it's all acting.
worst part was he was smiling and almost seemed to not know what was happening.
+Sdogofdoom My heart contracted when I saw him like that
+Schizophrenic Enthusiast I agree. His life was in the hands of his helper. If she fumbled or anything like that....you never know...it could happen.
I'm afraid you think wrong. I've got a lot of confidence in the people at NASA, who are not only highly trained and compassionate people but also friends of Destin. That doesn't mean there wasn't a little bit of tension, but the fact that this video was uploaded sans-fanfare was a clear sign that everything worked out. It was fascinating to see how easily even a powerful mind goes vacant without the air we take for granted each day.
My eyes watered up when I saw him kinda helpless there not able to put his oxygen back on...
same here :(
i got scared for him
Definitely having an emotional reaction to his near death experience.
I forgot to breathe when that happened
That was really freaky. The creator and host of "Smarter Everyday" went from acting normal to acting like a 10 year old in a matter of minutes. Scary stuff! Thanks Destin for the important lesson!!
I really hope you bought Susan that hamburger, Destin!
I've gotta make that right.
$6 Carl's Jr. burger or better, with fries or onion rings, and BBQ sauce, not ketchup, and a chocolate milk shake.
Having flown millions of commercial miles, I’ve always listen attentively each and every time I fly to the crew before, during, and after wheels have touched down. It’s also important to the crews!
I've flown at least a 100 times, I cant say I've ever paid much attention to the safety instructions. I will pay attention next time for sure. This is life saving information for stubborn idiots like me :D
+1 IQ
It reminds me that other people did their job well that average joes like me don't have to worry about these emergencies most of the times flying, or even in cars and boats
@@JC-fy8wh well in the case of cars, if youre the one driving, I hope youre reasonably worried.
I think it would make more sense to play this video on the entertainment system instead of doing the usual safety routine.
Someone at Pixar is definitly a fan because I'm quite certain you were quoted in Incredibles 2 during the hypoxia part.
Bradley Dillingham omg I just realized this
Which part?
This video was scary.
"Put your mask on otherwise you're gonna *die* "
"I don't wanna die"
*Sits there and smiles*
svijayiitk it’s because he was feeling pure euphoria
@@jambi2118 Yeah
@@jambi2118 like when bust nut?
Stolen
Yea he was clearly out of it... Scary.
I like to come back and watch these videos again after years. I have watched all of your videos when they originally come out, but it is still so cool to come back and watch them. The demonstration here is absolutely eye opening.
His life is worth a hamburger.
Good thing she was hungry.
Boalol lal For air.
😉
Naughty Ballz cmonnn
"Thank you for saving my life Susan. I owe you a hamburger."
"Copy."
Hahahahahha. 😂
when his monitor hit 61 and he was feeling loopy, i legit got scared for him. he said, "i don't wanna die" but he couldn't fix it OMG!!!
“Thank you for saving my life Susan, I owe you a hamburger” this is what people who aren’t American imagine Americans are like.
Y'know I gotta say that this is just... Absolutely horrific. Just the way you look, the way you said those words. "I don't.... I don't wanna die." I can tell in your eyes that everything is screaming at you to get that mask on, yet you can't hear yourself properly.
I just truly can't get over how terrifying this is to me.
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Agreed. Horrifying to observe, but important to know for the reasons he described.
Yeah me too. He was so close to just passing out. That look on his face was terminal and final.
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_doctor_ : "The test wont be that hard."
_the test_ : 6:21
The Rubber Cactus, same. it's weird that even though you know it turned out ok (by the very fact that the video was posted) it's still so scary to see someone like that
same
Same
Yea
Same here
Were there any lingering effects? Did you feel physically drained or miserable later that day as a result?
No Drain Brammage at all
good, that would have sucked. lol
+SmarterEveryDay Lol nice one
+SmarterEveryDay hahahaha
+SmarterEveryDay Are you making fun of dyslexic people Destin, for shame.
When I tried the low pressure chamber the most notable symptom I sensed was a feeling of euphoria like if I had a beer just before.This is the most dangerous because you are in a critical situation and you feel happy, you would not take any action feeling like this. Also these symptoms are different from person to person so one has to train to get to recognize his symptoms of hypoxia. So if you fly an aeroplane and start to feel like having drunk alcohol check your oxygen supply and lose height!
I think they should really emphasize this more than just telling you briefly because I know that my parents would try and help me or my other sibings before themselves and most other parents would to
They should say that not abiding could result in the death of you and your loved ones.
They do emphasize, but nothing is going to get through like a demonstration of this type.
They tell it to you clear as day, every single time, there's no way you wont understand it if you speak the language.
''Put your own mask on first, before helping others.'' the shorter the sentence, the easier it is to understand.
If anything it just shows your parents trust their own lack of knowledge on the subject and situation, than trust the word of the people who have spent years refining methods and tools to deal with such situation.
It's an ''I can only depend on myself'' type of mindset, which isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing really, granted that they then inform themselves on the subject.
If they help you first then you have to immediately help them!
maybe share this video
My mans literally almost died
Let's thonk
I was worried for a second
It almost happened to us everyday, every second. We are just not aware of it.
I came here because after seeing Incredibles 2 yesterday, I saw in the trivia on IMDb that Helen Parr’s expression during hypoxia when she says I don’t wanna die and sort of winks was perhaps copied from his expression in this video.
Congrats on being the inspiration for a scene in a Pixar movie. Maybe.
Spoiler alert (sort of)
I thought the exact same thing
Made me even more stoked to watch it.
Does anyone have a link to that scene?
@@cbr7170 no link, but for everyone here and future ppl in the comments. The time stamp in the movie should be a little after 1:42:38. You could go to a free movie site or something like that lol.
I've always been told (as an asthmatic) that if my O2 is below 90, to go to the hospital. Hearing that his 02 was 67 is terrifying! I had my oxygen at 89 once during a bad asthma attack and the room was spinning and I was sweating and panicking. I couldn't imagine being at 67!
I really hope Susan got that Hamburger
her nonchalant "copy" was really funny to me ^^
I ALMOST DIED! [NOT CLICKBAIT]
easily get 50m views
It's hilarious because he could've legitimately used that in the title but saved for the vital instruction instead.
Morgz be like
What
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That was pretty scary. I was ready for a funny video but then that "I don't wanna die" moment where he was helpless just hit me emotionally and made me really think about what must have been going on during all the other LOC aviation accidents I've learned about.
3 Years later and this episode is still hard to watch, but I do, because the greater lesson of "put your mask on first" helped me get my life in order.
Thank you Destin, I owe you a burger.