an extra jacket or anything. as they come to the surface, there is going to be a quick maneuver to get them out of that capsule, of course with proper heat to make sure they keep the body temperature constant along with the change in pressure as you come up as well, shepard. shepard: adam housley, stand by. dr. coomer, i guess, temperature is always a concern but down in the earth it doesn t vary as much as it would up hire. exactly. it s not changing very much and probably didn t change very much with the miners. at times i m sure some of them felt very overheated and, of course, that can be a major problem because then you worry about dehydration as they are sweating and losing what we call incense cybil losses which is the fluid we is he secret from our poors pores. it has to be accounted for and replaced with fluids that they take in so they don t become dehydrated. obviously the biggest concern about becoming dehydrated is kidney function and especially the patient with diabet
surface. should there be unfortunate collapse they will be able to keep whoever is in that capsule alive in theory. there is a harness there so the miners will be strapped into the capsule just in case somebody faints. imagine coming up through this. if they faint, they should be able to live through it the escape shaft itself is 24 inches, 2 feet across. and there is a metal casing used to stop the walls from caving. in each of those or the capsule itself 13 feet tall. and it weighs 926 pounds. so almost half a ton. and that capsule will take four to five people down to help them and 33 miners, in theory back to the surface. and we should have all of that done by this time tomorrow. dr. coomer is with us from the medical a team. there is a lots of things to worry about these folks. what is the first thing you have to worry about. sending down the navy marine
sure, knowing their families struggled whether it was financial struggles, whether it was medical illnesses that were going on in the family. whether it was births, whatever it was that they had to deal with that and cope with that mentally that they were not going throb as well. like you said a tremendous amount of mental stress. and definitely take as toll on your body physically. and can cause things such as gastritis. as well as, you know, your heart rate to become increased. your blood pressure to become high. on a chronic basis like it has been for the last several weeks can have short-term effects but even long-term effects on these miners. shepard: for viewers just joining us with the rescue of the first of the trapped miners in copiapo, chile is imminent. we have live coverage of that here on fox news channel. in addition, we will get to the rest of the day s news in prime time programming. right now we are speaking with dr. coomer from the fox news medical a team cynara coo
sean: tonight on our great american panel he was national campaign manager for howard dean s presidential campaign joe trip back. the host of off the page for national review online will cain. she is the assistant professor of surgery at mount sinai here in new york city dr. cynara coomer is with us. thanks for being here. howard dean is in the news mr. trippi. yes, i know. sean: we ve got the tape, let s roll it. i made this prediction before i m going to make it again. by the time this thing goes into effect in 2014, i think the mandate will be gone either through the courts because it is unpopular. there will be two or three
sean: tonight on our great american panel he was national campaign manager for howard dean s presidential campaign joe trip back. the host of off the page for national review online will cain. she is the assistant professor of surgery at mount sinai here in new york city dr. cynara coomer is with us. thanks for being here. howard dean is in the news mr. trippi. yes, i know. sean: we ve got the tape, let s roll it. i made this prediction before i m going to make it again. by the time this thing goes into effect in 2014, i think the mandate will be gone either through the courts because it is unpopular. there will be two or three percent of the people who