....do they clean the arm with a antiseptic swab?
Are they afraid he might get an infection?
2006-11-19 10:35:20 · 6 answers · asked by rosbif 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Great question !!
I'm a health care provider and my only "guess" is that it is so routine to cleanse the skin first that the person administering the drugs is just doing it "like they always do". You are correct that it is a needless practice in these cases...perhaps the observing family is being respected as someone in the audience may be a health professional.
2006-11-19 13:15:49 · answer #1 · answered by mebbe_sew_mebbe_knot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing that SHOULD prevent them from doing the procedure in the first place: the Hippocratic Oath. More like the Hypocratic Oath.
Unless you mean the alcoholic swabs, that's to help make a vein more protrudent, one that can get the poisons in the bloodstream better.
2006-11-19 20:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ummmm
It would be cruel and unusual not to???
Sorry - I'm sure that it is that they must adhere to proper medical protocol that is designed by people who have no interaction or experience with the death penalty --- or even with patients.
2006-11-19 18:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by kids and cats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is done by soneone with training to start IVs and that is the way they have been taught --no matter what the situation. There are standards to be upheld.
2006-11-19 18:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by monkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the alcohol rub helps make the vein more prominent, and with the kind of customers they get for that procedure, every little bit helps.
2006-11-19 20:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'VE ASKED MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION BEFORE, AND I ARRIVED AT THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW UTTERLY VOID WE ARE OF COMMON SENSE AT TIMES.
2006-11-19 18:53:20 · answer #6 · answered by jag914 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋