Method Medical Article of attempted SN ctb

[Mofreeko]

Methemoglobinemia caused by sodium nitrite overdose

A 20-year-old man who was comatose and centrally cyanotic arrived at the emergency department 1 hour after ingesting 21 g of sodium nitrite that was purchased online as part of a “suicide kit” found by the patient’s family; it included a measurement scale, a flask for dissolution in water and

www.cmaj.ca

The part of the article that interests me is that it states that the person who took SN was comatose when brought into the ER, but his oxygen saturation was 85%. Anyone know why he would be comatose with oxygen levels that high?

 

[Euthanza]

Damned, a med journal of crab-mentality-preventors. It doesn't mention anything particular cause of the failure rather than brought to the hospital but I'm glad the young man recovers.