Hey there nonny! A trauma patient character who’s unconscious is either dying of shock or has significant head trauma. The answer to your question is really going to depend on which it is. First, the ER’s job is to get a ballpark measure of what’s going on, stabilize the vitals and stop the bleeding, and …
Tess on Patreon asked: Is there a sedative which can be given for an extended period of time with minimal side effects? My MC is kept sedated in a laboratory for around 5 years (though not necessarily sedated the whole time) I was first thinking ketamine, but I saw in your ketamine tag that in …
Hey there! Short answer: gonadotropins (i.e. fertility meds) are regulated and are only available by prescription….. technically. However, there are two routes your characters could use to get ahold of them: they can either order them from a country with shady laws (basically the equivalent of getting your VPN from the Seychelles, for example; there …
Amanda on Patreon asked: I’m currently writing a story where my main character is infected with a secret weaponized virus he caught in a lab. It’s got a lot of the qualities of meningitis with the added effect that he is hallucinating and terrified (he thinks those who want to help him are out to …
Hey there nonny! Your character will generally be okay after a sedative. They can even be woken up a little bit with pinching in painful places. The two biggest things for his friends to do are to keep him on his side (so that if he vomits he doesn’t choke), and to watch his breathing. …
(This post is Part 2 in a series on Asthma for Writers.) In Part 1 we covered [the fundamentals of asthma] — what it is, and why it’s so devastating for so many people. Today we’re going to go through some of the more common, run-of-the-mill or home treatments for asthma. (Next time we’ll go …
(This post is Part 2 in a series on Asthma for Writers.) In Part 1 we covered [the fundamentals of asthma] — what it is, and why it’s so devastating for so many people. Today we’re going to go through some of the more common, run-of-the-mill or home treatments for asthma. (Next time we’ll go …
So the short answer is: allergies are a scale. On one end, you have allergic reactions. This can include rash, itchiness, even some hives. But anaphylaxis is a whole different process on the immune level. Anaphylaxis is the immune system going balls-to-the-walls to Kill The Invader before it kills you. It’s just that the immune …
There is literally nothing for C to do. From what little I know of Victorian medicine, they might blow literal tobacco smoke up their ass to breathe for them. I imagine you do not want this. But all they can do is let them sleep it off. B will either survive, or they won’t; C …
Y’know, most of the time, one of my very favorite resources on medical things is a website called UpToDate, which a kindly physician granted me access to. But then I opened the “botulism” page, and it started talking about botulism neurotoxins as potential weapons of bioterrorism and the countries that may or may not have stockpiles …