Comments on: Ohio Announces Move to One-Drug Execution Procedure http://lawdork.net/2009/11/13/ohio-announces-move-to-one-drug-execution-procedure/ Same dork, new year! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Sanjose Mike http://lawdork.net/2009/11/13/ohio-announces-move-to-one-drug-execution-procedure/#comment-5868 Sanjose Mike Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:23:27 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=4055#comment-5868 PROCEDURE FOR FINDING VEIN NOT A PROBLEM As a surgeon, I have been trained to do a procedure that is called: "Venous cutdown." In situations (e.g. injectable drug addicts with destroyed veins), it is easy to get access to a vein simply by doing the venous cutdown. It involves giving a local anesthetic just under the epidermis, which is even less painful than a dental injection. As a surgery resident, I had to practice this on a partner. I am sure I could easily train a technician to do a venous cutdown, and if the technician wished, I would even provide myself as a "subject." It's really no big deal. sanjosemike PROCEDURE FOR FINDING VEIN NOT A PROBLEM

As a surgeon, I have been trained to do a procedure that is called: “Venous cutdown.” In situations (e.g. injectable drug addicts with destroyed veins), it is easy to get access to a vein simply by doing the venous cutdown. It involves giving a local anesthetic just under the epidermis, which is even less painful than a dental injection.

As a surgery resident, I had to practice this on a partner. I am sure I could easily train a technician to do a venous cutdown, and if the technician wished, I would even provide myself as a “subject.”

It’s really no big deal.

sanjosemike

]]> By: Brookes http://lawdork.net/2009/11/13/ohio-announces-move-to-one-drug-execution-procedure/#comment-5655 Brookes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:22:03 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=4055#comment-5655 Local NPR made two interesting claims: (1) the one-drug protocol is being imported from veterinary euthanasia practice, and (2) the protocol--particularly the intramuscular injection part--has never been tested as such on humans. Local NPR made two interesting claims: (1) the one-drug protocol is being imported from veterinary euthanasia practice, and (2) the protocol–particularly the intramuscular injection part–has never been tested as such on humans.

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