Virgil
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Hello everyone, I had a question and wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention, for those who haven’t followed.
Here is a snippet from the Wikipedia article that you can find here.
“The three police officers who were involved in the incident, said that their body cameras were knocked off during a struggle with him. While being held to the ground by police, paramedics administered ketamine to sedate McClain, who then went into cardiac arrest. McClain died seven days later after being removed from life support. McClain's autopsy was inconclusive.”
In another part of the article, it says that medics administered “500mg of ketamine as a sedative to reduce his agitation. McClain vomited several times while being held down, and suffered two cardiac while being taken to the hospital. He was pronounced brain dead on August 30, 2019.”
The coroner could not accurately determine cause of death but narrowed it to two possible conclusions: idiosyncratic drug reaction, or asthma attack.
My question, is 500mg enough to kill someone? Is that the normal dosage for chemical restraint? What would you have done in this situation?
This post is not to insinuate or assign blame, strictly for curiosity and education of the emergency medical treatment related to the incident. Also, if this post violates any guidelines or is in the wrong sub forum, please let me know.
Here is a snippet from the Wikipedia article that you can find here.
“The three police officers who were involved in the incident, said that their body cameras were knocked off during a struggle with him. While being held to the ground by police, paramedics administered ketamine to sedate McClain, who then went into cardiac arrest. McClain died seven days later after being removed from life support. McClain's autopsy was inconclusive.”
In another part of the article, it says that medics administered “500mg of ketamine as a sedative to reduce his agitation. McClain vomited several times while being held down, and suffered two cardiac while being taken to the hospital. He was pronounced brain dead on August 30, 2019.”
The coroner could not accurately determine cause of death but narrowed it to two possible conclusions: idiosyncratic drug reaction, or asthma attack.
My question, is 500mg enough to kill someone? Is that the normal dosage for chemical restraint? What would you have done in this situation?
This post is not to insinuate or assign blame, strictly for curiosity and education of the emergency medical treatment related to the incident. Also, if this post violates any guidelines or is in the wrong sub forum, please let me know.