After hiking all of his life, NBCNews correspondent BreakingChesky had never heard of high-altitude pulmonary edema — until an “absolutely frightening” incident could have led to a cardiac arrest. He opens up on TODAY about the health scare.
had never heard of high-altitude pulmonary edema — until an incident he described as “absolutely frightening” could have led to a cardiac arrest.
It was the journalist’s first time in an ambulance and the intensive care unit. He had no idea what was wrong, heThe hiking trip was to celebrate his 37th birthday. On the show, Chesky recalled “feeling off” while walking with his uncle Eric, who in turn noticed his nephew was moving a little slower than he normally did as they began hiking in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
An ambulance took the journalist to Cedar City Hospital in Utah on April 23, where Dr. Jarid Gray found his lungs were filling with fluid and diagnosed him with— a severe form of high-altitude illness, according to the National Library of Medicine. If untreated, a person can pass out from lack of oxygen or go into cardiac arrest, the doctor noted. Half of patients who don’t get help in time die, the National Library of Medicine noted.
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