AWOL-seen any patients using this yet?

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.

hi- just trying to educate my ed staff-'new toy out there'- called awol- it's like nebulizing alcohol- you can buy these machines and inhale alcohol. being hyped as "less hangover, less calories" anyone seen pts with problems related to this?

anne

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that's news to me!

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Oncology/Psych/College Health.

OMG - just heard about this today for the first time and here it is. I'll see what I can find out - I wanted to check it out anyway :).

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Oncology/Psych/College Health.

http://www.awolmachine.com/page-2.htm

Here's the company's site - will have to look elsewhere for the downside stuff, I'm sure, but probably won't have to look far.

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Holy crap!!! Did ya'll look at the PRICE of that gadget? It's $3000.00!!!

That's one expensive "party toy"!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

You know what - you could use a nebulizer which runs about $125 and get the same effect! Yikes! We give nebs away to our patients so parents have them for the wheezing kiddos. Many homes already have these!

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Given our fertile imagination

human kind will always find a way to improve on anything

particularly if its immoral and or bad for you

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.

i downloaded info from awol website, plus other sites about whether this should be addressed in legislation-can anyone find info regarding whether this would affect breathalyzer tests-or other ed concerns? we have the same concern that some joker could use or try to use a home neb machine and neb some jack daniels? what do you think?

anne

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Specializes in Medical.

An ED friend of mine looked after a young guy a couple of years ago who came in with severe alcohol poisoning after using his air pump to nebulise spirits. As I understood it, because it hit the blood stream faster he got drunk really quickly, and finally passed out (I'm guessing several shots down the road) with the nebuliser still going. I know he went to ICU, don't know what his outcome was, though.

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Sounds like it could be self-limiting, then....

There are those Darwin awards for people who die in mysteriously stupid ways? Perhaps there ought to be a list of mechanisms by which one could do so.... I nominate this thing.

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Specializes in ICU.

I remember a news item where it was a problem in the UK - maybe we should post in the UK forum and see if anyone there has any experience with this.

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.

Thanks all- I'll post it at UK as well

Anne

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