Comments on: Fallen Angel #21: A Medical Review http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris @ ComicHacks.com http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873/comment-page-1#comment-234276 Chris @ ComicHacks.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:55:07 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1873#comment-234276 Scott, Great post, man! I had forgotten about this blog and saw it in my bookmarks and decided to visit. Question: did you see the recent episode of CSI: Miami where the victim was killed by being hit with a tazer, then having air injected behind his eye? Would you get the same reaction by injecting there? In the episodes' victim, he died of heart failure caused by the emboli. Anyway, great post! Scott,

Great post, man! I had forgotten about this blog and saw it in my bookmarks and decided to visit.

Question: did you see the recent episode of CSI: Miami where the victim was killed by being hit with a tazer, then having air injected behind his eye?

Would you get the same reaction by injecting there? In the episodes’ victim, he died of heart failure caused by the emboli.

Anyway, great post!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873/comment-page-1#comment-233371 Sarah Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:09:19 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1873#comment-233371 The novel in which I first encountered this murder method (which I won't name, to avoid spoilering) placed a fair bit of emphasis on the murderer having to first ply the victims with drink, etc, in order to immobilize them enough to hit the right spot; the size of needle required may also have been specified, I don't recall. The novel in which I first encountered this murder method (which I won’t name, to avoid spoilering) placed a fair bit of emphasis on the murderer having to first ply the victims with drink, etc, in order to immobilize them enough to hit the right spot; the size of needle required may also have been specified, I don’t recall.

]]> By: Kerlyssa http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873/comment-page-1#comment-232805 Kerlyssa Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:48:30 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1873#comment-232805 He was already, uh, exerting himself, then suddenly convinced he was about to die terribly... yeah, a little stressful. He was already, uh, exerting himself, then suddenly convinced he was about to die terribly… yeah, a little stressful.

]]> By: mike. http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873/comment-page-1#comment-232705 mike. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:44:03 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1873#comment-232705 Perhaps he had a heart attack at the mere thought that he was going to have a heart attack? Perhaps he had a heart attack at the mere thought that he was going to have a heart attack?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1873/comment-page-1#comment-232621 Aaron Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:05:49 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1873#comment-232621 While I was a medical student on a medicine rotation at a VA hospital one of my classmates and a PA student on our team were walking by the smoking hut on our way to dinner. Someone pulled us in agitated to show us some air in the IV line of one of the other patients. The other med. student and I just kind of shrugged. The PA student became very excited, grabbed the patient and rushed off. We just looked at each other, laughed and went to dinner. While I was a medical student on a medicine rotation at a VA hospital one of my classmates and a PA student on our team were walking by the smoking hut on our way to dinner. Someone pulled us in agitated to show us some air in the IV line of one of the other patients. The other med. student and I just kind of shrugged. The PA student became very excited, grabbed the patient and rushed off. We just looked at each other, laughed and went to dinner.

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