eli5 Why are air embolisms so deadly? Like, what about an air bubble can’t your body fix pretty easily?

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I would have thought that an air bubble gets popped and we move on. That the gas eventually dissolves and gets passed somehow.

So, what’s going on? Why does the heart stop so violently? It acts like there was an implosion on the inside…

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Please read: air bubbles in your IV tubing won’t hurt you. I’ve tubing holds maybe 5-10 cc, it would take ten times this to hurt you. Please stop asking me about this.
regards-a nurse

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