On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:19:47 GMT, zoot <
[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:47:36 +1100, Alan <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:28:09 -0000, Flying Rat <
[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
>>
>>How do you know they do? Is that the voice of experience?
>
>I taught ACLS to someone who worked in the prison system and might wind up on an execution team. I
>also had the opportunity to apply for such a position, although I didn't. So, while it's not the
>voice of experience....
>
>They use off-the-shelf needles, the same ones that are commonly available for medical use.
>
>Why go through all the trouble of creating non-sterile needles?
>
>Besides, there have been cases where the IV was started but the execution never occurred and the
>person was eventually found innocent. Had they used a contaminated needle and the person about to
>be executed died from an infected IV site, would that not be homicide?
>
>Zooty
Thanks Zooty
I think I just learnt a lot more than I really needed to know
Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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