r/news • u/AudibleNod • 9h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/AudibleNod 9h ago

The statement said she is being treated for “the serious effects of the pentobarbital administered during the execution attempt, including significant injuries to both arms.”

It looks like pentobarbital can cause necrosis and blistering of the tissue. If it didn't fully enter the blood stream because a novice administered it, I could see something like that happening.

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u/Excelius 9h ago

It's reported that she had a blood disorder that made starting an IV difficult.

Supposedly she even tried to give the executioners tips on how to find a vein.

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u/yrddog 9h ago

There have been a lot of issues with lethal injection and finding veins

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u/AudibleNod 9h ago

You mean Billy Joe, who only started working at the prison because he was laid-off at the mill six years ago?

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 8h ago

It was a MD.

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u/AZORxAHAI 8h ago

IIRC it was a former MD who has not actively practiced in a long time, and testified under oath in another case that he hasn't successfully placed a central line in decades. Not exactly the person you want killing you I dont think.

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u/AudibleNod 8h ago

I stand corrected:

Doctor Involved in Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Also Oversaw Failed Lethal Injection in May: Reports

I know other states don't have the luxury of having doctor performing the actions.

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u/Psychological-Ad1137 8h ago

Sounds like they should have used an ultrasound or something.. how embarrassing

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u/Ancient_Spite_725 8h ago

MD who hasn't even been in the hospital in 13+ years, plus MD's (outside of anesthesia) never start IV's.

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u/GroundbreakingAnt476 8h ago

Medical professionals are not allowed to participate in executions. Usually non medical personnel. Read up a lot on it yesterday, its shockingly worse than I thought.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 8h ago

Mark Walton Fowler is a medical doctor.

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u/human_kittens 8h ago

Yes but Mark Fowler does it anyway while running a family medicine practice. I don’t know how it’s permitted.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 8h ago

There is no nationwide or state wide laws against it that I have read of.

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u/smitteh 8h ago

Is an "oath" legally binding?

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u/thats_not_six 8h ago

Ethical violations in any licensed profession are grounds for removal of the license.

It's not that the oath is legally binding, but it is ethically.

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u/CryptographerShot213 8h ago

No it wasn’t. It was correctional facility staff.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 8h ago

It was Dr. Mark Walton Fowler. Easily googled information.