Ohio lethal injection takes 2 hours, 10 tries

lizzymahoney · 05-26-2007, 04:50 PM

Clarification: this man was not said to be an intravenous drug user. That reference was to the previous 'botched' execution of another prisoner where they could not establish an IV line.

This man was larger than usual and that was the reason the line was difficult to establish.

Also consider that most health professionals accustomed to putting in IVs would not participate in an execution. Totally my guess here, but it probably is done by a military trained field medic rather than a practicing medical specialist. There would have to be a doctor to certify the death and oversee the injections, but the doc is nowhere near the condemned man. That person is in a separate room.

A PICC is probably too invasive, being an order of magnitude more involved than a simple IV lock.

Can you tell I'm in a death penalty state? ugh.

05-26-2007, 04:50 PM	#4
lizzymahoney Major Inhabitant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 124	Clarification: this man was not said to be an intravenous drug user. That reference was to the previous 'botched' execution of another prisoner where they could not establish an IV line. This man was larger than usual and that was the reason the line was difficult to establish. Also consider that most health professionals accustomed to putting in IVs would not participate in an execution. Totally my guess here, but it probably is done by a military trained field medic rather than a practicing medical specialist. There would have to be a doctor to certify the death and oversee the injections, but the doc is nowhere near the condemned man. That person is in a separate room. A PICC is probably too invasive, being an order of magnitude more involved than a simple IV lock. Can you tell I'm in a death penalty state? ugh.

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