How come they sterlize needles for death by injection?
357248
So that they know for sure that the barbiturates, sodium pentothal and KCl were the cause of death. It is not good for record-keeping or prototcol to leave the cause of death open to other possibilities by chance.
800422
If you are not a medical professional, pain is the last thing you should worry about. If you inject the drug into a nerve you can paralyze your "patient";  injecting the wrong drug (or simply enough air) into an artery can easily kill someone. You can only learn how to inject at a professional school from someone qualified. Needless to say, you can be prosecuted if you carry out a medical procedure that you are not authorized to do. You are warned!
928609
I think that if the death penalty is warranted, than it doesn't matter how the peson dies.  The whole idea that lethal injection is "inhumane" is irrelevant.  And hypocritical.  You're killing someone, but you don't want to hurt them???  Absurd.  Lethal injection is fine, but too expensive.  Bullets are cheap, I think a single gunshot to the brain is the best way to carry out a death penalty sentence.
1161348
Hmm.... I've seen people try to kill themselves with insulin.  So unless I know why you're asking, answering this questions seems a bit WRONG.
433665
And same reason we use sterile syringes for lethal injections!
58126
Sometimes you need a lech to suck out the poison.\nIt is cost effective. But bleeding, purging and vomiting do have there consequences!!
928081
Lethal injection is used in almost all cases in the United States, it has the least charges against it of being inhumane.\n\nThere has recently been issue taken with lethal injection, however. A group of anesthesiologists refused to take part in one in California since they felt it may be a violation of the Hippocratic oath to not stop the procedure if the inmate appeared to be in pain.\n\nIn many states the procedure is actually performed by paramedics since doctors may be able to lose their license for taking part.
1165954
Well all needles are sterile when you get them. They don't sell any unsterilized needles that I have heard of. I mean they can't just take one from the druggie down the street.... Now imagine that you used the same needle as with the last guy that you executed... what happens if he was HIV positive and you stuck yourself accidentily while attempting to find a good vein? \nNot to mention there are times when evidence is brought forward showing that the prisoner is not guilty so they have to administer a antedote and wouldn't that suck if he wasn't guilty but died from a blood infection or HIV due to a bad needle?
144796
its practiced on people of all ages, the prerequisite is terminal illness,vegetative states,massive pain.....\nnot age, you dont euthanize for age...
1028850
yeah, cuz it traps oxygen, and if u inject oxygen in someone's vein, they could instantly die.
621630
I don't know officially why.  But, my guess would be that if they did not sterilize it, some lawyer would convince a judge it was cruel and unusual punishment.  Or, maybe it is because it is good medical practice.  And if you did not sterilize it for the lethal injection, you may forget to sterilize a needle when giving a different type of injection to someone.
190134
do you mean why? because you cut off the circulation to them. That is why some people die because of it after LONG plane rides that don't get up at all and all of a sudden they get up and drop dead. Too much blood too fast.
869499
There are several diseases one can get from doing what you did, not the least of which is AIDS or Hepatitis B or C, depending on how sterile the needle was and who used it for what. You need to see a doctor.
684964
You should be aware that OSHA Has adopted regulations to avoid accidental needlesticks to prevent the transmission of disease between patients and health staffs.  There are now many competing designs.
773452
They don't work. None of them.  Total scams.  The ONLY thing that will work is implant surgery.  Afraid of needles?  They can handle that.  They'll knock you out before they stick you with anything.
296677
I'm a nurse and have taken care of the "living dead" also.  It is still an agonizing desicion to have to make.  It's different to care for these people and say pull the plug than it is to have known them, loved them, and say pull the plug.  There is no right answer.  Death is immenent.  The desicion is agonizing.
221841
Find a different spot to insert your needle.