Posted on 02/22/2010 9:39:58 AM PST by justlittleoleme
Suppose you happen to be in a serious car wreck. Or maybe you get shot or suffer cardiac arrest. If you live in King County, it might also mean that in that life-or-death moment, you will become part of an experiment — without your consent.
Researchers at the University of Washington have been studying various treatments for patients in such extreme situations. And because patients can be unconscious or too injured to consent, federal guidelines now allow the doctors to bypass longstanding ethics rules that require so-called "informed consent."
The researchers say the experimental treatments are safe — maybe even safer than the procedures considered standard protocol at the moment. And they argue that they need the research to improve emergency medical care.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
That explains why I keep scratching the back of my neck with my foot...
I was used in a medical experiment without my knowledge when I was in the Air Force. I had a hernia repaired by a military doctor and he tried an experimental surgery that wasn’t authorized or approved. The surgery was a disaster. It didn’t fix the hernia and it created a bunch of scar tissue. It also took over a year to heal.
Paging Dr. Mengele to King County...Dr Mengele...
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