[rfloz]

Several years ago I went to the dentist for a routine deep cleaning. The idiot dentist injected "Novocain" directly into a vein. I passed out and then came back. Then everything just went black (sorry, no angels).

This was not like the afore-mentioned passing out, which was a fade to red, narrowing of vision kind of event. It was just near instant blackness.

I woke up to find a paramedic pounding on my chest.

The EMTs, luckily at the hospital across the street, got there very quickly and hooked up a heart monitor as they were treating me. They gave me a printout showing my heart going Bradycardia (very fast, uncontrolled heart beat) and then flat-line for 15 seconds. I still have the printout for any doubters.

The Bradycardia was caused by the epinephrine in the "Novocain".

Granted, 15 seconds isn't long, but, without the EMTs, it would probably have been forever.



FWIE, "Novocain" in the old-time name for topical dental anesthetic. I forget the current name. Brain damage maybe.