Imagine you are on a ventilator. The machine pushes air into the lungs, but if the patient has high alveolar dead space (e.g., from COPD or a clot), the fresh oxygen never meets the blood. The patient remains hypoxic even though the chest is rising and falling.
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Here is why the Dead Space franchise is still the sharpest scalpel in horror gaming. Imagine you are on a ventilator