Ponyboy7 -> RE: Medical Play (10/2/2007 12:37:55 AM)
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First of all ether is regulated by the U.S. DEA, so I don't think it would be a good idea asking where to purchase it, or calling companies and asking if they will sell it to you. More importantly though is that both chemicals, being anesthetics, can severely depress respiratory function. If administered incorrectly or in too high a dose, it is more than possible to induce respiratory paralysis, coma, and death. Recall that brain damage is "likely" if someone goes without oxygen for less than 5 minutes. I don't know what profession you are in, but I presume you are not a physician since you don't have access to anesthetics. That being the case, what you are suggesting is extremely dangerous; I am not trying to insult you, but I think it is imperative that I convey this to you. It is even recommended that physicians who are not anesthesiologists refrain from administering general anesthesia. Without SpO2 monitoring you will have no idea if the person is being oxygen deprived. Without intubation and artificial respiration (or at the very least being prepared to intubate and conduct artificial respiration), should respiratory paralysis occur, death is significantly more likely. There is also the possibility that the person may experience a severe allergic reaction to the anesthetic, which could result in death. Ether and chloroform are known to have caused repeated cardiac arrhythmias, and, speaking as a medical professional, I know that cardiac arrest is not rare during ether anesthesia (see Anaethesia Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 108-111). Without an EKG, you wouldn't necessarily know if the person was experiencing arrhythmias which might soon lead to cardiac arrest, and without proper equipment or training, it would seem unlikely that you would be able to revive someone who went into cardiac arrest. These are only some of the complications that might arise; there are still many others. There are also bound to be legal issues as well; I don't profess to know the law very well, but it is not hard to imagine that if the person died, you would be charged with a serious crime, perhaps even murder. I would imagine that this would still be illegal even if the person came to no harm. Again, I am not trying to insult or demean you, but I think this is a very bad idea, and I am only trying to convey that it is likely something will go wrong if you do this. Even when performed by trained professionals in a hospital where monitoring and resuscitation equipment is readily available, there is still a real danger of complications. Medical play is fine, but administering general anesthesia such as you are suggesting is not play.
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