His name is Paul Alexander! There's a bunch of interviews with him here on KZfaq :)

There will always be a last person to contract the disease before the cure is available

A lot of their episodes and cases are based on true stories same as Chicago fire and PD

This time, I'm glad there's none of that arguing when lives are on the line

@@yogoo0 This isn’t about the last who “contracted it” but the last few that “lived” through when everyone else died

His name is Paul Alexander .. or “ The Iron Lung” … there’s also a woman who also contracted it, she was able To stay out of the capsule Longer than Paul Alexander, and if I remember Correctly she even got married and everything ! However, she still needed to sleep inside the iron lung each night ! Not only did Paul Alexander go on to live a Long and Fulfilled life regardless of his circumstances., he also studied Law, became a lawyer and even wrote a Book too! Just to Proove to himself that he could and that nothing was unachievable ! He is pretty strong willed ! I know his story went viral a cpl yrs ago, and I’ve seen it a few times from a few different documentaries, but I can’t remember if either of these two are still alive Today though? I know that He was still alive not that long ago so It would t surprise me if he still was! But I think the woman I’m thinking of had sadly passed away though

​@@stephaniedaigle4794 i wonder why they need it for sleep. How much time per day can the real life guy be outside his iron lung. I used to think it was 24/7 in the capsule aside from hygiene maintenance. Glad he gets to get out of it, at least for a short time. Odd he wasn't interviewed at a time where he was able to walk around..

​​@@killwalker Because each breath requires conscious effort for this victim. He'd die if he slept without the iron lung

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 I was mainly talking about the character, I didn’t think he actually was in the iron lung

It’s amazing what machines can do these days to keep someone alive

​​@@CheeseStick_ "these days" these were made in the sixties in the toddler years of modern medicine. Obviously it's been upgraded with screens to monitor it easier, still sixties tech.

@@RaccoonCityPoliceDept I actually didn’t know that thanks for telling me

@@CheeseStick_ Welcome.

I have the same issue with my Leg to

Your story sounds incredibly similar to my own. I have the same diagnosis/prognosis along with an Arnold chiari malformation. For what it’s worth, I’ve been receiving regular ketamine and lignocaine infusions for the past 12 years. They may not fix anything, but they certainly help to lower average daily pain. It’s a hospital admission for 5 days on average every 6 weeks where you receive a continuous IV infusion. If you have issues with IV access, I completely understand also. I had the same issues myself before having a port-a-cath placed. That is also something that I highly recommend if you are having issues. Take care and please know that there are others out there who really do understand!

I'm sorry that you have to experience such pain, the fact that you're still here show a mental strength beyond what you think you're capable of. Keeping fighting friend.

Honestly I was gonna comment "God bless your heart and thank you for sharing your story and that I hope you keep going strong." Then again I have tears in my eyes realizing how ungrateful I am of life fully aware of the situations some people have to deal with on a daily basis and NOT by choice. I am a 25 year old caregiver by profession going for nursing and I thought I've seen worse but reading your story I gotta say you're strong for sharing. I am deeply sorry you experience this.... and for what it's worth I'm never complaining about how life is unfair on my end rather be grateful for what I have and continue my doing job out of love and to make a difference in somebody's life.

Hello, fellow chronic pain sufferer with a fibromyalgia diagnosis as well here! I just wanted to take the time to encourage you to keep fighting, not just in the literal and emotional sense of continuing to live but also keep fighting in terms of self advocacy in regards to diagnosis and treatment. I was initially diagnosed with fibromyalgia after developing full body chronic pain and especially mystery pain flareups in my central chest that could leave me bedridden and I eventually had to drop out of college because of a mental health and physical health crisis. After trying to get to the bottom of all my issues with a very dismissive primary care doctor I was given these diagnoses: Generalized Anxiety disorder, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Fibromyalgia and Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). But I never fully accepted the IBS and Fibromyalgia diagnoses because it felt like they were just catch all terms/descriptors more than actual diagnoses and I really didn't feel like fibromyalgia especially fit my issues. I'm extra hesitant of it because I wasn't actually sent to a specialist to receive the diagnosis but my doctor just checked some boxes on a list then slapped the label on me so to speak. And it was especially frustrating because she couldn't offer me any other treatment other than Duloxotine, physical therapy and the suggestion to lose weight (something I've struggled with my whole life). I refuse to try any addictive substances for treatment because I'm at high risk of developing addiction due to addictive tendencies with my severe ADHD and frankly, I'm skeptical that they'd help me because regular pain killers never touch any of my pain anyway so I don't bother with them. To make a very long story short it's been almost 10 years now of searching for answers and switching doctors whom are taking my issues seriously and I think maybe if I'm lucky within the next 4 years or so, hopefully I can throw out the fibromyalgia and IBS diagnoses because they were actually: Mass Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Hypermobility/Heds/EDS, Recurrent Costochondritis or Slipping rib syndrome linked to the Heds/EDS and Erythromelalgia. Any additional chronic pain is likely just from obesity, hypermobility, overworking, additional stress. So if you have any doubts of your Fibromyalgia diagnosis I'd highly recommend you keep pushing for answers. I've had to do a ton of research and most of the diagnoses I've listed I discovered through my own research and have gotten my doctor genuinely interested in exploring after I basically wrote essays on my findings and citing all my sources and fully documenting my journey etc.

Everyone goes through hard stuff, and it can take a lot to keep going. You are battling just as hard, it can be harder to see from the outside. You are worth it though, one step at a time, one day at a time. You can do it too.

Your battles are real, and your feelings are valid but only temporary, continue to do great things, big or small. It's the courage of these people pushing through thats a fuel to keep you going, you may be the same for people around you too. God be with you

Be strong James. You'll be ok. God bless.

Back in the day before vaccines got a lot better in the last century

Still is, at least for several people. There's a real man who's been in an iron lung for over 60 years, this story is loosely based off him

I don't see it as a bad thing! Shows people paid attention to a man's story. If the real man knew he was remembered and on TV. I bet it would make him feel so important! Who doesn't want that? 😌

bruh cringe

​@@madisonharkes226 he's already well known, has been in many documentaries etc. He doesn't need an (often medically inaccurate and dramatic) medical show to get his story known. I guarantee he'd rather people just watch the real documentary about him!

Chicago Med only uses already documented cases for the sake of medical accuracy, so this comes as no surprise.

well becaus it is based on one...

Med student here, we don't have the technology to do it and since Polio has been almost erraticated (but stupid no-vaccine parents.) The closet to a walking Iron Lung is from the Science Fiction world of Doctor Who and the villain the Cybermen.

The way an iron lung works is key to why we can't make a smaller unit. Vacuum pressure makes the lungs and diaphragm work (fill with air) because the patient's lungs can't work (no muscle tone to move the diaphragm, filling the lungs with air). A tracheostomy can only open a hole in the throat - it doesn't force air in and out. So you have to surround the chest with a negative pressure that then forces the lungs to fill with air in the same way that natural breathing would do. Try an experiment with a plastic 1 litre soda bottle and a balloon: Put the balloon's neck over the top of the empty bottle. Press the bottle's sides. The balloon should inflate a little. That's what happens when you pump air into someone's lungs - uncomfortable, not efficient. Now, remove the balloon and press the sides of the bottle so you expel most of the air. Put the balloon back again, and watch as the balloon gets sucked into the bottle and inflates a little. the more you keep the pressure inequal, the balloon can fill with air automatically due to the pressure difference. That's the principle of the iron lung.

I'm sure that if polio was still around, they would have developed a better treatment than the iron lung, but since it was eradicated, research stopped. There are almost no patients still left in iron lungs, so there isn't really the demand to develop something better either. Sucks but that's how research works in the medical world.

@@jsas2047 You make a good point, I mean look how quick a vaccine was found for Covid-19 within a year.

It works, is reliable, and doesn't really limit them more than the disease already does. The whole problem is that the person is weak, so even if you could build a more mobile setup they couldn't use it. This setup keeps the person in relative comfort, and lets them breath while also not doing anything around their mouth, so they can still speak, smile, and otherwise express themselves.

Sometimes the iron lung is the only thing that helps,for some people they may have tried other ventilators but they don’t work for that person. I gather each person is an individual so their bodies are different and react in different ways. That’s from the research I have done. If you look up Martha Lillard iron lung that will give you more insight into what it’s like for one person.

You can't make this portable, it's working on the whole body by creating negative pressure so your body is forced to breathe. This is the most minimal form of it, there are even bigger machines. Also it wasn't necessary to develop more of these machines as we had the vaccine so for the very few survivors that were this was the only option. Initially the iron lung was means to be used for no more than 2 weeks, just to give the body a chance to recover.

Yes he did.

man couldn't Hallstead literally mentions he contracted polio a month before the vaccine came out

@@welsh_Witch i think he meant in a general sense. polio is still around in some parts of the world. if you live in an area where it's still going and you don't vaccinate yourself and your family your two options are either death, or an iron lung machine

Cus she never seen an iron lug before

@@sharonabalo234 not surprised cuz those things are slowly being outdated

@Keegan Seltner more so because there are rarely any people with polio anymore

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Yes, it’s based on a real case

who and what character in film red?

we don't talk about that this topic is serious man

Meaning?

u first

excuse me

I'm gonna hope you meant "first"

Eternity is horrible.

Obi-Wan Kenobi died for your sins.

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no lmao💀