(posted on another prior thread today, but reposting her because it applies) Wow! Propofol (Diprivan)…..I have been an Intensive Care Nurse for over 8 years and for someone to use this at home is completely ludicrous. This drug is given in the OR and in ICU's to induce unconsciousness. Just a little too much (I'm talking milliliters difference) can place someone from sleeping, to someone who is unable to breath on their own, to someone with a dangerously low blood pressure, and then cardiovascular collapse. It is a great drug in the hospital setting, but is monitored very, very closely. In a home environment, wow. And to use for insomnia, that is so plain STUPID!! I can't imagine a doctor, who is practicing by the Hippocratic Oath (Do no Harm), would even suggest to use this in a home environment for insomnia. I really hope it's not true. But, being very familiar with this medication, I will admit it could do what happened to MJ. Scary stuff!
Wow! Propofol (Diprivan).....I have been an Intensive Care Nurse for over 8 years and for someone to use this at home is completely ludicrous. This drug is given in the OR and in ICU's to induce unconsciousness. Just a little too much (I'm talking milliliters difference) can place someone from sleeping, to someone who is unable to breath on their own, to someone with a dangerously low blood pressure, and then cardiovascular collapse. It is a great drug in the hospital setting, but is monitored very, very closely. In a home environment, wow. And to use for insomnia, that is so plain STUPID!! I can't imagine a doctor, who is practicing by the Hippocratic Oath (Do no Harm), would even suggest to use this in a home environment for insomnia. I really hope it's not true. But, being very familiar with this medication, I will admit it could do what happened to MJ. Scary stuff!
Me again. Once again. All CPR in a hospital is performed in the bed. A board is placed under the patient, between the patient and the mattress to make compressions effective. No one knows if the doctor did this with a hard object. Before making your opinion, you really need to know what your are talking about and have all the facts.
As far as the CPR, we don't know all the facts. Yes, the 911 call said he was in a bed. In the hospital we give CPR in the bed, we just put a hard board under the patient to make the compressions effective.
Perez, you really should speak with healthcare professionals before putting you opinion about his healthcare treatment on here. The best place for him to have been when it started was in a hospital. But because he wasn't and had the next best thing, a doctor with ACLS drugs with him, he chances of surviving were much better than what the common person at home would have been. No one knows the truth, it's all speculation. Yes, lidocaine is used in the ICU to regulated certain heartbeat irregularities, by numbing and irritable myocardium (heart muscle). And yes, it is possible for lidocaine to numb too much and a weakened heart to stop. Epinephrine (aka adrenaline), in the past was given directly to the heart when there was no IV access available. It's not ideal, but at least he did have a better chance than the common person. I really hope it wasn't due to a drug overdose, because the fix to that would have been a drug called narcan to reverse it when his breathing started to slow. Any MD would know this. It's a well-known drug to all medical personnel who use any narcotic.
Wow! Propofol (Diprivan)…..I have been an Intensive Care Nurse for over 8 years and for someone to use this at home is completely ludicrous. This drug is given in the OR and in ICU's to induce unconsciousness. Just a little too much (I'm talking milliliters difference) can place someone from sleeping, to someone who is unable to breath on their own, to someone with a dangerously low blood pressure, and then cardiovascular collapse. It is a great drug in the hospital setting, but is monitored very, very closely. In a home environment, wow. And to use for insomnia, that is so plain STUPID!! I can't imagine a doctor, who is practicing by the Hippocratic Oath (Do no Harm), would even suggest to use this in a home environment for insomnia. I really hope it's not true. But, being very familiar with this medication, I will admit it could do what happened to MJ. Scary stuff!