At 01:57 PM 7/3/2009, Chuck Mathis wrote:
>At that moment I am certain Steve would have paid serious money to
>have had a barrier.

Ya think it would have helped?  I bet a nickel it would be fouled and
useless, so now you have to throw it away, scoop out the guy's mouth
and *then* put your nice clean formerly protected mouth back on
his...I'd rather get that aspect of it over with without having to
agree to it (except in principle, of course).  In general I *think*
vomiting is a good sign, though of course it's quite an inconvenience
at the moment.

Also, I have to wonder if the barrier would make it much more likely
that the guy would aspirate (breathe) vomitus, which is an instant
recipe for deadly pneumonia -- that's why the surgeons are so serious
about having an empty stomach before anesthesia.

Cheers,
David

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