Doctors save man with vodka drip

ZenGum · 10-11-2007, 01:45 PM

This is from the The BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7037443.stm

The (Australian) ABC News service has slightly different details, at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...10/2055520.htm

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Doctors save man with vodka drip

Australian doctors have kept an Italian tourist alive by feeding him vodka through a drip for three days, medical staff in Queensland say.

The 24-year-old man, who had swallowed a poison in an apparent suicide attempt, was treated while in a coma.

Doctors set up the drip after running out of medicinal alcohol, used as an antidote to the poison.

Medical staff said the patient had made a full recovery, and the hangover had worn off by the time he woke up.

He had been taken to hospital in the northern Queensland town of Mackay after swallowing ethylene glycol - a poison contained in anti-freeze.

"The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit," Dr Todd Fraser said in a statement.

"Fortunately for him he was in a medically induced coma for a good portion of that. By the time he woke up I think his hangover would have well and truly gone."

He spent 20 days in hospital before being discharged.

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The math:
3 days.
24 hours in a day.
3 standard drinks per hour.
3 x 24 x 3 = 216 standard drinks, or, technically, pissed as a newt.
Even allowing for his body processing 1 standard drink per hour, by the end he'd still have 144 standard drinks in him ... if my guess is correct that translates to a blood alcohol level of 1.44% ...

D'you reckon he drove home?

Sundae · 10-11-2007, 02:02 PM

Now you see this is what happens when people go to Australia instead of committing suicide.

Aliantha · 10-11-2007, 06:34 PM

it happens to most tourists here. You should see the poms sucking back the beers!

Pie · 10-11-2007, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

pissed as a newt.

Why a newt? Inquiring minds want to know.

Aliantha · 10-11-2007, 07:12 PM

Have you ever seen what pissed newts do?

Crimson Ghost · 10-11-2007, 10:28 PM

Get hooked up to vodka IV drips?

Elspode · 10-11-2007, 10:33 PM

I think I ate some bad fish for dinner. I'm gonna need a Black Jack drip tomorrow after work, please.

DucksNuts · 10-11-2007, 10:51 PM

I've had one of those Vodka IV's, thats some good shit.

monster · 10-12-2007, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

I've had one of those Vodka IV's, thats some good shit.

Vodka IV is so l4st w33k. I've finished Vodka V and am a preferred first in line customer for Vodka V!......

10-11-2007, 01:45 PM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Doctors save man with vodka drip This is from the The BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7037443.stm The (Australian) ABC News service has slightly different details, at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...10/2055520.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Doctors save man with vodka drip Australian doctors have kept an Italian tourist alive by feeding him vodka through a drip for three days, medical staff in Queensland say. The 24-year-old man, who had swallowed a poison in an apparent suicide attempt, was treated while in a coma. Doctors set up the drip after running out of medicinal alcohol, used as an antidote to the poison. Medical staff said the patient had made a full recovery, and the hangover had worn off by the time he woke up. He had been taken to hospital in the northern Queensland town of Mackay after swallowing ethylene glycol - a poison contained in anti-freeze. "The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit," Dr Todd Fraser said in a statement. "Fortunately for him he was in a medically induced coma for a good portion of that. By the time he woke up I think his hangover would have well and truly gone." He spent 20 days in hospital before being discharged. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The math: 3 days. 24 hours in a day. 3 standard drinks per hour. 3 x 24 x 3 = 216 standard drinks, or, technically, pissed as a newt. Even allowing for his body processing 1 standard drink per hour, by the end he'd still have 144 standard drinks in him ... if my guess is correct that translates to a blood alcohol level of 1.44% ... D'you reckon he drove home?

10-11-2007, 02:02 PM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Now you see this is what happens when people go to Australia instead of committing suicide. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-11-2007, 06:34 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	it happens to most tourists here. You should see the poms sucking back the beers! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-11-2007, 07:12 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Have you ever seen what pissed newts do? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-11-2007, 10:28 PM	#6
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Get hooked up to vodka IV drips? __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

10-11-2007, 10:33 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I think I ate some bad fish for dinner. I'm gonna need a Black Jack drip tomorrow after work, please. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-11-2007, 10:51 PM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I've had one of those Vodka IV's, thats some good shit.

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