Injected Oxygen

[paramedicmike]

This article popped up yesterday at my clinical site. It's interesting as it touches on potential EMS uses. I haven't gone to look for the full article yet.

Either that or it's a new way for cyclists to dope themselves before a race.

Thoughts?

[Arctickat]

I got excited when I first heard of Hemopure a few years ago, I lost thousands when I invested heavily into that new miracle product. I'll wait to see what the FDA has to say about this new stuff.

Edited June 30, 2012 by Arctickat

[Just Plain Ruff]

Promising but very far off before human use. but id love to be an initial investor in the final company that will put a stable product out. the finsncial implications are huge

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[DFIB]

Could be a game changer for a lot of people.

[Richard B the EMT]

The concept has been around for quite a while. There's been the "heart-lung" machine, in reality, and from Science Fiction, Dr. McCoy injected Captain Kirk with "Tri-Ox", during the battle to the death with Spock ("Amok Time", Star Trek original series), "to help him breath" in Planet Vulcan's thin atmosphere.

[Arctickat]

Dr. McCoy injected Captain Kirk with "Tri-Ox",

Commonly known as Ozone, and quite toxic in real life.

[Richard B the EMT]

Commonly known as Ozone, and quite toxic in real life.

Perhaps not as "commonly known". I've not heard of Ozone being called anything but Ozone.

Dr. McCoy used a hypo-spray to inject "Tri-Ox", which, in the Star Trek "Universe", is a blood oxygen enhancing injectable.

[Arctickat]

Yes Richard, I'm a Trekkologist too. I was just making note that the compound actually exists.

Ozone (/ˈoʊzoʊn/; O₃), or trioxygen, is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms.

[paramedicmike]

Unless the future isn't actually free of pharmaceutical marketing and "Tri-Ox" was simply the brand name of some multibillion dollar drug marketing ploy.