I've been pondering this one for a while, and while the question is prompted by a movie/TV cliche, I was more interested in the actual medical ramifications and effectiveness, so that's why it is in this section.
What I wonder is, if a large needle randomly plunged into a persons neck wouldn't be just as likely to kill them rather than delivering the contents of a syringe or at the very least be an ineffective delivery method?
The typical example from TV and movies is someone holding a very large syringe (50ml +) with a large needle (75mm+) attached and then just randomly plunging this needle into someones neck.
Usually the location is the side of the neck, 1/2 way between the jaw and the base of the neck, perpendicular to the neck.
Sometimes it is at the base of the neck, again in the side, either perpendicular to the neck or pointing down towards the torso.
There are a number of results from this;
1. a knockout drug is administered, either instantaneous or delayed
B. a poison is administered, again, the choice is instantaneous or delayed until
3. an antidote is administered at the very last moment
iv.* blood is drawn that contains the ultimate antidote
So what is the more likely outcome; lethal injury from a stab wound or one or more of the above outcomes?
How do they always manage to avoid piercing the carotid artery or numerous others at the base of the neck or punching a hole into the oesophagus or trachea and just injecting into lungs or digestive tract rather than subcutaneously or rather, intramuscularly?
Also, the syringes are nearly always large, upwards of 100ml. Is it even possible to inject that volume of fluid with an intramuscular injection without careful placement of the needle? Where does it go?
* apt
What I wonder is, if a large needle randomly plunged into a persons neck wouldn't be just as likely to kill them rather than delivering the contents of a syringe or at the very least be an ineffective delivery method?
The typical example from TV and movies is someone holding a very large syringe (50ml +) with a large needle (75mm+) attached and then just randomly plunging this needle into someones neck.
Usually the location is the side of the neck, 1/2 way between the jaw and the base of the neck, perpendicular to the neck.
Sometimes it is at the base of the neck, again in the side, either perpendicular to the neck or pointing down towards the torso.
There are a number of results from this;
1. a knockout drug is administered, either instantaneous or delayed
B. a poison is administered, again, the choice is instantaneous or delayed until
3. an antidote is administered at the very last moment
iv.* blood is drawn that contains the ultimate antidote
So what is the more likely outcome; lethal injury from a stab wound or one or more of the above outcomes?
How do they always manage to avoid piercing the carotid artery or numerous others at the base of the neck or punching a hole into the oesophagus or trachea and just injecting into lungs or digestive tract rather than subcutaneously or rather, intramuscularly?
Also, the syringes are nearly always large, upwards of 100ml. Is it even possible to inject that volume of fluid with an intramuscular injection without careful placement of the needle? Where does it go?
* apt
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