Comments on: Green Arrow and Black Canary #3, #4, and #5: A Medical Review

By: KDBryan

KDBryan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:27:44 +0000

Yes, he’s shot through the heart, but who’s to blame? Who, in point of fact, has given love a bad name?

This reminds me of the Kevin Smith issues of Green Arrow where Ollie has donated a ton of blood to save his son. Not great for his body but not a huge problem, medically speaking, I imagine? But Ollie then has to stand up and hold an arrow taut in the mouth of a would-be killer for the duration of his son’s life or death surgery. I think you may have already reviewed the plausibility of the scenario but I can’t recall.

By: LurkerWithout

LurkerWithout — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:28:35 +0000

His dad was worried he’d get chilled in just bandages?

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:10:54 +0000

Why is Connor, after major chest surgery, in bed wearing a shirt?

By: cardoso

cardoso — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:48:43 +0000

You know, I don’t buy the whole “blood-brain barrier”. It makes good drama (as in House) but I’ve got a plain, common and mundane shot of vodka in my hand telling me that barrier thing is overrated ;)

By: Dr Archeville

Dr Archeville — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:47:25 +0000

Keith, this are DC characters, not Marvel. Though death expectancies are similarly short.

With “high tech field dressings” in that line, maybe by “plasma” they don’t mean the plasma we’re familiar with, but some sort of… “universal body fluid replacement solution (UBFRS)”?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:08:30 +0000

I’m pretty sure there are bunch of bacteria that produce exotoxins that can cross the BBB. There are a lot of studies out there trying to conjugate therapeutics to a component of tetanus toxin to target it to the CNS.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:05:48 +0000

“50 cc of Ret-conex, stat!”

By: Skizelo

Skizelo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:26:12 +0000

It’s a medical technique in ERs all across the Marvel New York ER to kill their patients, to speed recovery.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:54:34 +0000

There’s really no reason for any Marvel character to be worried, since they’re never allowed to die permanently.

By: EMT Student

EMT Student — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:43:17 +0000

could the bullet possibly have passed through some CSF? Given the angle it almost looks like it could have hit or nicked the spine. And if so, would that get it into the brain?