12-28-2009, 07:46 PM
So far only invasive methods have been discussed such as drugs. What about taking something away? If you could find someone who could insert an IV or whatever they use to draw blood, could you not simply draw enough blood that the big guy just loses consciousness, then dies? I think that it is a rather peaceful death. True, most times it happens due to non-peaceful circumstances like a car crash or other trauma, but without the trauma he may never know it is happening. I have had blood drawn many times when I never felt the needle. There would be no drugs involved so if you did this at home there would be no issue of handling controlled substances or toxic substances in the body. You could hold him the whole while.
One of the symptoms of hypoxia that pilots have to watch out for at high altitude is a false sense of euphoria. Non-traumatic blood loss might have a similar effect. He could go out happy. I am almost certain he would lose consciousness rapidly and well before his heart began to labor.
Forgive me for letting my inner engineer treat this as a mere problem to be solved but I know for a fact that people have passed out and died in mere minutes in an atmosphere of pure CO2. The example I heard of was when large amounts of dry ice were stored somewhere that the CO2 could build up in a low spot. Someone entered the low spot and just keeled over. CO2 is not poisonous but it also isn't air.
One of the symptoms of hypoxia that pilots have to watch out for at high altitude is a false sense of euphoria. Non-traumatic blood loss might have a similar effect. He could go out happy. I am almost certain he would lose consciousness rapidly and well before his heart began to labor.
Forgive me for letting my inner engineer treat this as a mere problem to be solved but I know for a fact that people have passed out and died in mere minutes in an atmosphere of pure CO2. The example I heard of was when large amounts of dry ice were stored somewhere that the CO2 could build up in a low spot. Someone entered the low spot and just keeled over. CO2 is not poisonous but it also isn't air.