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Slept well. >> i don't think it causes alzheimer's but we think it might accelerate the process. >> it could be a contributing factor, then? >> that's correct. >> as many as 40% of all adults snore. men more than women and those numbers only get higher as we get older. there is treatment. including this breathing machine. >> that blowing air pressure acts as a stint to ep our airway and prevent the apnea? is it uncomfortable. >> some people find it difficult to get used to at first. >> reporter: researchers say the message to snorers is get help for both the person who sleeps next to you and y...

Employee helps pull him to safety. >> my lungs felt very small, but i was thinking, i'm winded. i just need to lie down. he's, like, no, no, you can't lie down. before i knew it, i was in an ambulance. i gave them my mom's phone number and then lost consciousness. >> once at the hospital, doctors worked quickly to assess the damage. >> both my lungs were collapsed. my liver was torn. my spleen was so badly ruptured they had to take it out, and i had hemorrhages in both my eyes. >> with his parents back in england, family friends living in the area rushed to the hospital. he's unconscious for m...

Seizure because he was conscious and he was talking. >> his fingers were blue. by the time we got to the e.r., we learned there was an abscess on the tonsil. >> so we went into everything expecting it to be extremely routine. but it was during the surgery that ben experienced cardiac arrest. >> he finally got up to icu and he was unconscious and they had him on a breathing machine. they warned us that when he woke up, the hope was he would be able to breath on his own. we didn't know what to expect and when he woke up, he looked at ali or me or one of us and said, guys, i need to get back to w...

Seizure because he was conscious and he was talking. >> his fingers were blue. by the time we got to the e.r., we learned there was an abscess on the tonsil. >> so we went into everything expecting it to be extremely routine. but it was during the surgery that ben experienced cardiac arrest. >> he finally got up to icu and he was unconscious and they had him on the a breathing machine. they warned us that when he woke up, the hope was he would be able to breath on his own. we didn't know what to expect and when he woke up, he looked at ali or me or one of us and said, guys, i need to get back ...

Teenagers at this time. >> -- the one you just described, considered the most serious -- >> yes, he's the most seriously injured patient i'm aware of in the upmc system. >> can you give us a little more information about what the next few days hold for him? >> the next several days will include ongoing treatment for bleeding and treating blood clotting disorders that occur with major trauma in intensive care unit with transfusion of blood products he needs, life support on a breathing machine, on a ventilator and additional surgery. >> -- optimistic -- >> yes, we're very optimistic he's going ...