Vodka - the new miracle drug!

Post by **Josephine** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:05 pm

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Doctors plugged an Italian tourist into a drip-feed of vodka to save him at a hospital in Australia that ran out of the medicinal alcohol it would normally have used for treatment.

The 24-year-old Italian, who was not further identified, was brought to Mackay Base Hospital in northeastern Queesland state and was diagnosed as having ingested a large quantity of ethylene glycol, a common ingredient of antifreeze that can cause renal failure.

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"The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit," he said. "The hospital's administrators were also very understanding when we explained our reasons for buying a case of vodka."

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/storie ... 0-07-39-23

Post by **dmw** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:36 pm

see! all you naysayers out there......

Post by **marathonmedic** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:45 am

You also use it for people who drink methanol (wood alcohol).

Post by **reason** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:46 pm

is there anything vodka can't cure!?

Post by **irideablackbike2** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:02 pm

a hang over.

Post by **marathonmedic** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:06 pm

Of course it can! It's good for the shakes, too.

Post by **Jay** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:32 pm

Damn, could you use single malt scotch instead, for that "premium" IV drip???