Most of those are fun drugs that as long as you get rescue breaths you’d survive but the digoxin and amitriptyline aren’t so fun for your heart. You might need external pacing for those. Getting repeatedly shocked from your skin to keep your heart going is about as pleasant as it sounds.
Interestingly, foxglove or digitalis, the basis for digoxin, was historically used as a suicide poison. Yellow oleander, which is similar, is a common southeast asia suicide method.
My dad will occasionally get an arrhythmia that requires correction by shock. One time the attending staff didn’t wait for the anesthesia to fully kick in before proceeding with treatment, so he was awake enough to feel it. He said it was one of the worst experiences of his life.
Most of those are fun drugs that as long as you get rescue breaths you’d survive but the digoxin and amitriptyline aren’t so fun for your heart. You might need external pacing for those. Getting repeatedly shocked from your skin to keep your heart going is about as pleasant as it sounds.
Interestingly, foxglove or digitalis, the basis for digoxin, was historically used as a suicide poison. Yellow oleander, which is similar, is a common southeast asia suicide method.
My dad will occasionally get an arrhythmia that requires correction by shock. One time the attending staff didn’t wait for the anesthesia to fully kick in before proceeding with treatment, so he was awake enough to feel it. He said it was one of the worst experiences of his life.