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MissCrystalBlade -> RE: breath control (4/18/2005 10:15:10 PM)
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While I will always defer to the abundant wisdom of google and the link to Lust magazines article entitled "Erotic Asphyxiation", I usually tend to apply more credence to information provided by medical professionals and medical texts. Through a small amount of research, a person can discover that autoerotic asphyxiation, or the practice of restricting oxygen for the purpose of intensifying sexual gratification, is dangerous. A person will also discover that there is no connection between asphyxia and cardiac arrest. An example of the documentation for this assertion of fact is a paper written by Dr. James Alexander Johnson Ferris, former Chief Forensic Pathologist of the British Columbia Coroners Service, used in his lectures for Pathology students in which he specifies
"The following are general findings in death by asphyxia. Their prominence will vary with individual cases and petechial hemorrhages, in particular, may be completely absent, or extremely rare. It is also important to note that all of the findings in asphyxial deaths may be found, on occasion, in other circumstances.
1. Pulmonary edema, with froth in trachea and bronchi.
2. Bulky, crepitant and over-distended lungs.
3. Right ventricular dilatation.
4. Petechial hemorrhages on the conjunctival and facial tissue, usually above the level of the airway obstruction in strangulation cases."
The assumption will be made that the technical terms are easily define in the most current version of Websters Dictionary.
Further research in a persons local library will allow the discovery of any number of Forensic Pathology texts and case studies in which no indication of cardiac arrest is mentioned understanding that cardiac arrest is the sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of circulation as defined by The American Heritage Stedmans Medical Dictionary.
As to the effectiveness of CPR in relation to asphyxia and suffocation, the American Medical Association and the American Red Cross both recommend that a first responders actions when a victim is not breathing is......CPR.
While I am always open to people helping me to increase my knowledge in regards to all aspects of the lifestyle, I prefer a more credible source of information than a spider program linking to a virtual magazine.
When we all post on a type of play which has as much potential danger as breath control does, we owe it to those inexperienced members of the community to provide the most accurate information available so that they can be as informed as possible before they make a potentially deadly choice. I dont want to start a flame war here but it is completely irresponsible to mislead, intentionally or deliberately, those who are asking genuine questions. This situation is a perfect example where learning about a particular type of play from online sources is misleading and potentially harmful.
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