Survivor from asphyxiation due to helium inhalation
In this rare case report we describe a 27- year-old white man survived to suicide by asphyxiation using the so-called <em>suicide bag</em> (or <em>exit bag</em>) filled with helium supplied through a plastic tube. He had no previous psychiatric or organic illnesses. At the ti...
Main Authors: | Massimiliano Etteri, Andrea Bellone, Morena Vella, Eleonora Capiaghi, Luca Motta, Ilaria Malfasi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-06-01
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Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/5597 |
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