Injecting people with air can cause an embolism. The article may be wrong and this guy could’ve just been stabbing people with syringe however, if there was any kind of injection that was empty meaning air that can and will cause serious issues potentially death.
The influencer posted clips showing him creeping up on passersby and pretending to jab them with a capped syringe - just days before France’s massive Fête de la Musique street festival in June.
I went looking for the information because I was like “you can kill someone so easy that way, wtf?”
Tbf,the last time I have jabbed myself with a needle it had a fucking cap on. I simply fell over against a wall. To make things better it contained some nasty drug that in theory could have hurt me badly,but luckily didn’t.
(Before anyone is concerned about my drug use - I work as a paramedic and the medication in the syringe is one I am highly allergic to…)
Still better than a contaminated one. Wouldn’t recommend both, though.
An embolism really isn’t a concern with a syringe unless you happen to hit an artery. You need a fuck ton of air to cause an embolism, like > 100cc, and most syringes are 1-3cc.
The biggest risk would be infection, as another commenter pointed out, but even then it’s a small risk if it’s a new needle tip.
But the argument is moot since a needle tip wasn’t involved.
“inject bystanders with empty syringes”
Injecting people with air can cause an embolism. The article may be wrong and this guy could’ve just been stabbing people with syringe however, if there was any kind of injection that was empty meaning air that can and will cause serious issues potentially death.
And getting an infection from the puncture wound.
The article just doesn’t care to tell you that the syringes were capped.
The Sun helpfully includes that important detail.
I went looking for the information because I was like “you can kill someone so easy that way, wtf?”
Tbf,the last time I have jabbed myself with a needle it had a fucking cap on. I simply fell over against a wall. To make things better it contained some nasty drug that in theory could have hurt me badly,but luckily didn’t.
(Before anyone is concerned about my drug use - I work as a paramedic and the medication in the syringe is one I am highly allergic to…)
Still better than a contaminated one. Wouldn’t recommend both, though.
He didn’t have a needle in the syringes
An embolism really isn’t a concern with a syringe unless you happen to hit an artery. You need a fuck ton of air to cause an embolism, like > 100cc, and most syringes are 1-3cc.
The biggest risk would be infection, as another commenter pointed out, but even then it’s a small risk if it’s a new needle tip.
But the argument is moot since a needle tip wasn’t involved.
That’s not actually true.
It’s true, but you need a fuck ton of air to cause an embolism if you hit anything other than an artery. Like > 100cc of air.
Which a needle is not going to inject