• A critical-care doctor in Ohio who authorities believe “purposely caused the death” of 25 hospital patients that overdosed on the opioid painkiller fentanyl was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday.
  


• More than two dozen wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed against Husel and the hospital system, some of which have been settled by the hospital for hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the Associated Press.
  


• Husel ordered that patients receive doses of fentanyl "in various amounts between 500 and 2000 micrograms ... that shortened their life and hastened or caused their death."
  


• A judge posted bail at $1 million and Husel surrendered his passport at the request of prosecutor Ron O’Brien.
  

(Jun 5, 2019 09:54 PM)Thrift Wrote:  Damn! If anyone is wondering the normal safe limit would be,

Surgery Premedication
•50-100 mcg/dose IM or slow IV 30-60 min prior to surgery
•Adjunct to regional anesthesia: 25-100 mcg/dose slow IV over 1-2 min

General Anesthesia
•Minor surgical procedures: 0.5-2 mcg/kg/dose IV
•Major surgery: 2-20 mcg/kg/dose initially; 1-2 mcg/kg/hr maintenance infusion IV; discontinue infusion 30-60 min prior to end of surgery; limit total fentanyl doses to 10-15 mcg/kg for fast tracking and early extubation
•Adjunct to general anesthesia (rarely used): 20-50 mcg/kg/dose IV

Analgesia (Off-label)
•Analgesia: 1-2 mcg/kg IV bolus or 25-100 mcg/dose PRN or 1-2 mcg/kg/hr by continuous IV infusion or 25-200 mcg/hr
•Severe pain: 50-100 mcg/dose IV/IM q1-2hr PRN (patients with prior opioid exposure may tolerate higher initial doses)
•Patient controlled anesthesia (PCA): 10 mcg/mL IV (usual concentration); 20 mcg demand dose with 5-10 min lockout time interval and base rate of ≤50mcg/hr

This doctor gave these patients 500mcg - 2000mcg which is x13 times more than the safely prescribed limit. Only 2-3mg of fentanyl can kill a person.
1000mcg = 1mg

(Jun 5, 2019 09:56 PM)Sheep Wrote:  So why didn't the nurses refuse? Surely they know this stuff.

(Jun 5, 2019 10:02 PM)Thrift Wrote:  I guess they just take orders from their higher up, strange that no one caught on after a couple of deaths. It took 25 deaths for people to realize something is up.
Seems like the doctor's defence is that the patients were going to die, it was just a way to hastened the death. Euthanasia is illegal in Ohio, so I am not sure where he is going with this.

(Jun 6, 2019 04:20 AM)UnknownPawn Wrote:  I know where he is going with this, life in prison.

(Jun 6, 2019 08:19 AM)#1 NFA Seller Wrote:  Life in prison? This guy should be sentenced to death for what he did.

(Jun 6, 2019 07:37 AM)Slumpgod Wrote:  Imagine that anybody could add that to your pills :) based on true story

(Jun 6, 2019 08:43 AM)ririki Wrote:  Isn't a life in prison better?
Sentenced to dead goes away quick meanwhile in prison you could be under 24/7 stress after while.