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Ohio Con Wins Week Break After Botched Execution

Executioners struggled to find vein for 2 hours

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(Newser) – An Ohio death row inmate was given a week-long reprieve by the governor yesterday after the execution team couldn't find a usable vein in over 2 hours of trying at his planned execution, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rowell Broom, convicted of raping and killing a teen girl in 1984, attempted to help the team by shifting positions, rubbing his arm, and pointing out possible veins before becoming visibly distressed.

Broom told the execution team to continue after being asked if he wanted a break. A prison official eventually contacted the governor to ask for a reprieve after the crew told him they didn't believe the 54-year-old's veins would hold the necessary saline solution. Officials aim to resolve the problem before Broom's next execution date, although experts believe the botched execution will lead to legal challenges that will delay his execution for much longer.

This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shows Romell Broom.
This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shows Romell Broom.   (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, File)
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riffran
Sep 16, 09 1:40 AM CDT
aint they heard of an I/O...intraosseous needle...inserts quickly, and has better perfusion than a peripheral line, almost beats a large bore swanz-ganz catheter....works great on trauma victims, who are hypovolemic and have vascular collapse or compromise...just saying Reply
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Mad
Sep 16, 09 1:49 AM CDT
More like "... just copy and pasting" What an ass
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riffran
Sep 16, 09 3:58 AM CDT
poor Madyline, once again proving how much of an asshole you are...You know maybe...just maybe if you bothered to pull you're head out of the sarcastic pie hole you call a rectal sphincter, you might realize that people who specialize in a certain field can actually know what they are talking about without "copy and paste"...so just how many TNCC, ENPC, ACLS,CEN courses have YOU taken and passed in you're illustrious medical career..???? so fuck off...unless you can find VERBATIM where I supposedly copied...dipshit
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riffran
Sep 16, 09 4:49 AM CDT
Im sorry..I apologize for my outburst. I didn't take into account the reading level of whom I was typing to..I will use a better vocabulary , more suited to you're needs....dey got dis kneedle dat U cane put in a bone, it werks reel good, even ef yer vainses is fubarred...
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Mad
Sep 16, 09 12:36 PM CDT
Tossing out medical terminology most didn't understand- why? Do YOU understand it? There was nothing in the article indicating this patient was hypovolemic, where did you get that? Vascular collapse? WTF? His veins constricted secondary to stress, not collapsed, due to loss of blood volume - you idiot. Mentioning a catheter buy name- who does that impress? If you made the same post without the chest thumping 'aint i sumthin' rhetoric, I wouldn't have ignored your desperately-seeking-approval ass. You don't know what you are talking about. Methinks you are a wanna-be ... just sayin'
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