Child involvedLiveleak.com - Minutes after the sarin gas attack on Idlib, Syria

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[–]Oneda 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I wonder how one can survive a sarin gas attack. From what I know, sarin gas affects your entire nervous system and causes your body to cramp up. Seems like a terrible way to die. You can't breathe and your body won't move. You're stuck there like a paralyzed fish until your life is over. Many of the people in the video are still alive, but probably already too late to save. The rescuers were just blasting them with water to remove sarin/contaminants or whatever they're called, but those people are definitely screwed.

[–]oozinator1[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I wonder how one can survive a sarin gas attack.

There are antidotes to sarin (ex. atropine), but of course, antidotes won't be on hand all the time. Without drugs, one would have to be mechanically ventilated until the drug's effects wear off.

[–]bookluminous 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Does it means that mouth-to-mouth is enough? Is CPR also needed because the heart might stop?

[–]oozinator1[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sarin inhibits an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase, the proper function of which is required for muscular contractions. Since the primary mode of death is suffocation via paralysis of breathing muscles, it is possible that higher doses of sarin are required to stop cardiac muscle from contracting. If this is the case, CPR will be required to keep proper circulation.

[–]2inchesOfWrath 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wouldn’t be a bad strategy if you could wash out the lungs as well. What a horrible way to go