do not, i said DO NOT revive your oding friend with ice cubes in bum

[Hot Karl]

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...0,5478,7361585^1702,00.html


Warning on ice cube enemas
By Judy Skatssoon
24sep03

DRUG and medical experts have issued a warning following evidence that would-be first aiders have been using ice cube "enemas" to revive people from drug overdoses.

Experts say putting ice cubes up the rectums of unconscious people has no physiological benefit and can even lead to seizures and stroke.
According to Paul Dillon, research officer with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), some people have been attempting to insert ice cubes into the anuses of friends who have become unconscious after taking the party drug GHB in the mistaken belief that it will revive them.

But GHB overdose expert David Caldicott, of the Emergency Department of Royal Adelaide Hospital, said the practice was potentially hazardous.

Quoted in the gay community newspaper the Sydney Star Observer, Dr Caldicott said putting an object into the rectum of someone not expecting it could cause a "vagal" reaction.

This occurs when the vagus nerve, which slows the heart, is activated.

On top of the blood pressure-lowering effects of GBH, a vagal reaction can potentially stop blood flow to the brain.

The matter should not be treated as a joke, Mr Dillon said.

"An overdose in a club is embarrassing enough for the person involved," he told the Star Observer.

"The sight of the incapacitated person with their pants around their ankles having people inserting ice cubes is beyond humiliating and potentially dangerous.

"Some of the people doing this should know better and should not pretend to be trained medical professionals."

The procedure could also result in charges of sexual assault, he said.

[Partizan]

wtf

ice cubes up rectum??

dont remember that in the first aid curiculum [sp?]

[AGROculture]

Thats a relief

it was always hard to keep the ice cubes frozen when I threw raves at places with out a freezer

Thank God nobody overdosed cause they'd usually just melt right away

AGROout

[zarlon]

daaaaaaaaamn.. i'll keep THAT one in mind..