helmet and sunglasses to protect against the bright lights.l joining us is dr. mark siegel. these precautions areren they. necessary, aren t they? you don t know what is g going to go wrong. w it is important to monitorortaoe they miners as they come up to make sure their heart rate is not out of whack.out to make sure they don t have a problem with breathing. greg, i m amazed that theav third miner we just saw over 50 year of age. talk about a prague prognostic sign, i don t care what shape they are in, 50 isex. not 30. he is raising his arms. to be fair, we don t know what n will happen down the road.ispec i especially don t know whatxihe toxins they have been exposed to.et methane gas.etha yes, for sure. cbon carbon monoxide for sure.own what will happen down the roadsf as far as respiratory problems. how about neurological problems? yes, cognitive thinking, wl
they are not thinking clearly,ly not exactly who you think whu of course, we don t know theirhe baseline. they look incredibly in tact lok right now.dibly now, we are looking at the capsule and they are preparing it to go back down. they have to refill the oxygen tanks. is that similar to something scuba divers use?rs? and something that is important, we don t know what the pressure is at 2,000 feet below. s what ey but that is exactly what they ta have to do.hey they have to figure outfi thehe exact pressure as they go to t the surface.th wan they want a high level of oxygen to counter the carbon dioxide. c the problem occurs when you are under super pressure downesu around a hundred feet as a scuba diver, right? nobody has been talking about tl the benz here. nobody has been talkings about the benz here, but there u is clearly a higher level of,0 air pressure 2,000 feet down. r if you rose too quickly you