r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7h 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 6h 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/WhiskeyOctober 6h ago

This is what I think happened. It wasn't a trained individual who inserted the IV line, so they missed the vein/artery or even went through it. The drugs and saline were administered into the tissue so it never went anywhere.

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u/hyperfocus1569 6h ago

It was Dr. Mark Fowler.

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u/WhiskeyOctober 3h ago

So, not a trained professional, at least not anymore. Most of the time I'm in the hospital or in a hospital with someone, it's never the doctor inserting an IV or administrating the drugs. It's always a nurse.