▲ 460 ▼ Matthew Perry’s Cause of Death Revealed as ‘Acute Effects of Ketamine’ (variety.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/news@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Ketamine's effects on respiratory shit is serious. I almost stopped breathing during an assisted experience because I didn't realize mixing K with benzos was dangerous. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) It’s how Elijah McClain died too. Young kid stopped by police for matching the description. They shot him full of ketamine and he died of respiratory failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] takingbacksunday@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Can't recall all the details, but the impression I got was his respiratory failure was caused by the officer choking him with a knee on his windpipe. EMTs did give a very high dose of ketamine at 5mg/kg body weight, whereas I usually use 0.5-1mg/kg body weight to put patients under surgical anesthesia. permalink fedilink source parent [+] satans_crackpipe@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sock@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* was it Ks resp effects or the combination with another downer that was serious and therefore not Ks fault and solely youre fault for not researching the chem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) It’s how Elijah McClain died too. Young kid stopped by police for matching the description. They shot him full of ketamine and he died of respiratory failure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] takingbacksunday@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Can't recall all the details, but the impression I got was his respiratory failure was caused by the officer choking him with a knee on his windpipe. EMTs did give a very high dose of ketamine at 5mg/kg body weight, whereas I usually use 0.5-1mg/kg body weight to put patients under surgical anesthesia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] takingbacksunday@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Can't recall all the details, but the impression I got was his respiratory failure was caused by the officer choking him with a knee on his windpipe. EMTs did give a very high dose of ketamine at 5mg/kg body weight, whereas I usually use 0.5-1mg/kg body weight to put patients under surgical anesthesia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sock@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* was it Ks resp effects or the combination with another downer that was serious and therefore not Ks fault and solely youre fault for not researching the chem permalink fedilink source parent