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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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