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Friday 18 Apr 2008: Air embolism
A relatively small air bubble introduced in a vein is not lethal, contrary to popular belief. The lower limit for lethal injury like cardiac arrest is generally assumed to be about 5 ml/kg of air IV (intravenous), so in the hundreds of millilitres for an adult.

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