Bae just knocked over a jewelry shop, making off with a coupleof bars of 24K gold. On the lam from the cops, they run toward ariver. Noting a patch with many reeds (hollow-centered plants),they cut a piece of reed approximately 2’ long. With the gold barsin their pockets, they submerge themselves 1&1/2 feet into theriver and begin to breathe, confident they will escape the cops.Within seconds, they were captured, and their one phone call is toyou for some bail money.
Why were they caught so soon? What changes in arterial bloodgases would occur as a result?
Sketch what a davenport curve would look like at the moment ofcapture, showing what their acid-base status would be? Why?
