If sampling your friend's suicide drink isn't the definition of "too dumb to live," I don't know what is.
Sounds like good plausible deniability for finally getting off this rock
It sounds like the guy might have been suicide curious tbh
Idk, I feel like there's something distinctly human about "let me see".
It's like when someone announces how bad something smells and everyone takes a big wiff of the air. The odds are good that someone close by will grab it and verify.
I recently experienced this when someone let one go in a server room. Multiple people walked in to check and I was the weird one for just watching and laughing.
"too numb to live"
It's explained and pretty clear right from the start.
Can't blame us if we get tempted like that.
I didn't notice that it was the patient's friend's cocktail and got a solid dose of "what the fuck maple leaf country" before I noticed
I think 'patient' in the context of the slide refers to the partygoer who drank the preparation. And not that there was somebody other than the pancreatic cancer patient at the party with an absurd cocktail of strong drugs.
Do they really just dump a month supply of sedatives in a cup and walk away?
It says there was an attending paramedic, so I wouldn't say they walked away. Good thing the paramedic was there, too. I can't imagine being the medically responsible person and watching someone do that.
I'd imagine a sedative overdose is the best way to go. First you get unconscious due to the sedative and once you don't feel anything anymore your heart stops beating.
Agreed entirely, I just was surprised it was unsupervised enough that buddy had a chance to take a sip
The ultimate vacation.
I had a friend watch this recently with a relative and they weren't allowed to say what was in the cocktail (so I wonder if this person could get in trouble for making this public lol). There was also an attending physician who made sure the patient finished the whole thing. The second he stopped, they said he has to keep going and finish it. And they were right next to him to the whole time, inches from his face.
Sounds like this was a failure by the attending paramedic, who was too far or had the slowest reflexes in the world lol.
The second he stopped, they said he ha as to keep going and finish it
That's kind of fucked up to me. Seems like it's putting the doc in a real bad position. What if the patient stops halfway through because they freaked out and want to change their mind? Is it a matter of a slow death vs a quick one or can they be saved? If they can't be saved is the doc empowered to force them to finish it so they don't suffer?
I never would have thought the suicide treatment would be a cup of liquid you have to drink let alone something that's more then one swallow. Seems like a button that just dumps it all into veins would be a much cleaner way to go.
Not just sedatives, digoxin (digitalis) and amitriptyline (tricyclic antidepressive) which are both extremely cardiotoxic in large doses. This stuff is really meant to get shit done...
does anyone know if the guy lived or died?
I used to think Phenobarbarbital was sufficent for taking one’s life. That’s the only thing that gets discussed in media coverage of assisted suicide in my country.
IIRC, getting medication overdose to work is a coin flip depending on the patient. I think phenobarbital works pretty consistently, that's why it's not really prescribed for its non-lethal uses as often anymore, but they still throw in a bunch of other drugs in the euthanasia cocktail to increase the probability of a successful procedure.
It's always better to end with a bang. Myth busters confirmed it.
I imagine the morphine and diazepam will make the patient calm sleepy and maybe even euphoric?
pictures for sad children.
ok but the older guy probably died thinking his friend was going to die too… 😭
As a medical student that gets nonsense like this as question stems on exams: "confused and horrified screaming"
Patient directed to sit down, lean forward, tuck head between knees, and kiss own ass goodbye.
While working in the ER I've seen some impressive ingestions, both intentional and unintentional. I can guarantee that if he survives, it ain't gonna be a fun time. Off the top of my head, I think he'd be getting Narcan, Amiodarone, Flumazenil, cardiovascular and respiratory support, and probably hemodialysis. If he doesn't die from the cocktail, the hospital bill might get him.
Almost sounds like a Dr. House episode
Pro tip don’t let your ADD friend stand near the death juice when you have your euthanasia party.
