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…for rigorous medicine applied to that often non-medically-rigorous venue, the comics. <\/a>The most recent example,<\/a> quoted at length (and there’s more at source — I trimmed it a little):<\/p>\n

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Dr. Koslowski (narrating): <\/strong>Dr. Singh decided to inject 5ccs of Adrenalin directly into the Joker’s heart. It was our only chance to save thousands of lives.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"AdrenalinInjecting medication directly into the heart, despite what you may have seen in Pulp Fiction<\/strong><\/a>, is not a good idea. It’s too easy to lacerate a coronary artery (causing a massive heart attack) or inject the medication into the heart muscle (causing a fatal arrhythmia). It’s not done anymore….<\/p>\n

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Dr. Koslowski:<\/strong> At which point the Joker flatlined<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So what does the medical team do? They defibrillate him.
Once again repeat after me: Do not shock a flatline<\/a>. It is a bad idea. It may work in comic book (like it does here), but in real life it doesn’t work and may actually make the situation worse…<\/p>\n

Once again, the Joker suffers a cardiac arrest . This time, Batman himself jabs the Joker in the heart with a syringe full of Adrenalin. The second time’s a charm and it works! The Joker returns to consciousness and promptly escapes…which was all part of Batman’s plan; he wanted to trick the Joker into leading him to the third bomb.<\/p>\n

…Let’s count the medical errors in a mere eight pages: the Joker flatlines and is subsequently defibrillated, not to mention injected twice directly in the heart with an overdose of Adrenalin.<\/p>\n

Note to self: <\/strong>Do not seek emergency medical care in Gotham City. Hold it until you reach Metropolis.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Heh heh. Go Scott!<\/p>\n

Tags: Batman<\/a>, medicine<\/a>, Joker<\/a>, Dark+Knight<\/a>, comics<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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