Doctors question sedative dose used in Oklahoma execution

While medical experts say it’s unclear why an Oklahoma inmate began convulsing and vomiting after the first of three drugs used to execute him was administered, all agree the dosage was massive compared with what’s standard in surgeries — with one doctor calling it “insane.”

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Oklahoma ,United States ,Arkansas ,California ,Ohio ,Ohio State University ,Robert Denham ,Jonathan Groner ,Karen Sibert ,Los Angeles ,Clayton Lockett ,Justin Wolf ,Scott Crow ,University Of California ,Death Penalty Information Center ,Us Supreme Court ,Oklahoma Department Of Correction ,Corrections Department ,John Marion Grant ,Oklahoma Department ,Gay Carter ,Eighth Amendment ,Ap News ,Biden Administration ,Doctors Question Sedative Dose Used In Oklahoma Execution ,Krhd 25 News ,Kxxv 25 News ,Oklahoma News ,Us Death Row ,Us Federal Death Row ,While Medical Experts Say Its Unclear Why An Oklahoma Inmate Began Convulsing And Vomiting After The First Of Three Drugs Used To Execute Him Was Administered ,Ll Agree The Dosage Was Massive Compared With Whats Standard In Surgeries One Doctor Calling It Insane States Prisons Agency Is Now Likely To Face New Litigation ,Hich May Focus On The States Description Of Execution John Marion Grant For 1998 Slaying Ofa Prison Cafeteria Worker As In Accordance With Protocols , 0 ,Onvulsed And Vomited After The Sedative Midazolam Was Administered That Drug Followed By Two More Vecuronium Bromide ,A Paralytic ,Nd Potassium Chloride ,Hich Stops The Heart Thursdays Lethal Injection Endeda Six Year Moratorium On Executions In Oklahoma That Was Brought By Concerns Over Its Execution Methods ,Ncluding Prior Use Of Midazolam Oklahomas Protocols Call For Administering 500 Milligrams The Sedative Arkansas And Ohio Are Among Other States That Dose In Executions Its Just An Insane Theres Probably No Data On What Could Cause ,Aid Jonathan Groner ,N Ohio State University Medical School Surgery Professor And Lethal Injection Expert He Added That Sedation Does Not Increase As The Dosage Goes Up There Sa Reason These Drugs Are Given By Anesthesiologists Prison Guards ,E Said Grant Was Strapped Toa Gurney Inside The Execution Chamber When Drugs Were Administered After Several Minutes ,Wo Members Of The Execution Team Wiped Vomit From His Face And Neck He Was Declared Unconscious About 15 Minutes After Receiving First Drug Dead Six That ,T 4 21 Pm Ina Statement Released Immediately After The Execution ,Tate Prisons Spokesman Justin Wolf Said It Was Carried Out In Accordance With Oklahoma Department Of Corrections Protocols And Without Complication On Friday ,Risons Director Scott Crow Said It Was Without Complication Because There No Interruption Of The Agencys Process For Putting Someone To Death He Grants Vomiting Not Pleasant Watch ,Uti Do Not Believe It Was Inhumane Crow Said The Doctor Monitoring Execution Grant Unconscious When He Vomiting And That Regurgitation Is Nota Completely Uncommon Instance Or Occurrence With Someone Who Undergoing Sedation Dr Karen Sibert ,N Anesthesiologist And Professor At The University Of California ,Isputed That ,Aying That Type Of Nausea Is Not Normally Associated With The Class Drugs Includes Midazolama Lack Oxygen Could Have Brought On Convulsions ,Long With Grants High Levels Of Anxiety And Distress ,He Said Midazolam Does Not Usually Cause It By Itself ,Ibert Said Even Before Grants Execution ,Ore Than Two Dozen Oklahoma Death Row Inmates Were Part Ofa Federal Lawsuit Challenging The States Lethal Injection Protocols ,Rguing That The Three Drug Method Risks Causing Unconstitutional Pain And Sufferinga Trial Is Set For Early Next Year State Almost Surely Will Face New Lawsuits Over Its Execution Protocols ,Aid Robert Denham ,Xecutive Director Of The Death Penalty Information Center ,A Capital Punishment Clearing House That Opposes The Death Penalty Corrections Departments Statement Indicating Execution Wasnt Botched Could Provide Proof Of Protocols Unconstitutionality ,Aid Denham Either They Lied To The Public And Cant Be Trusted Or Told Truth Protocol ,Enham Said Grant Was The First Person In Oklahoma To Be Executed Sincea Series Of Flawed Lethal Injections 2014 And 2015 He Servinga 130 Year Prison Sentence For Several Armed Robberies When Witnesses Say Dragged Cafeteria Worker Gay Carter Intoa Mop Closet Stabbed Her 16 Times Witha Homemade Shank States Turned Midazolam Over Past Decade After Supplies More Powerful Barbiturates Such Sodium Thiopental Disappeared Or Companies Made Them Unavailable Following Pressure From Death Penalty Opponents Even Agreed Sucha Drug Wouldnt Cause Pain Has Been Associated With Other Troublesome Executions ,Ith Accounts Of Inmates Snorting And Gasping Following Its Administration ,R Coughing Loudly ,R Their Stomachs Inflating And Deflating In April 2014 ,Klahoma Inmate Clayton Lockett Struggled Ona Gurney Before Dying 43 Minutes Into His Lethal Injection During The States First Use Of Midazolam And After Prisons Chief Ordered Executioners To Stop Oklahoma Halted Executions In 2015 Other Problematic Injections While Moratorium Was Place ,Klahoma Moved Ahead With Plans To Use Nitrogen Gas Execute Inmates ,Ut Ultimately Scrapped That Idea And Announced Last Year It Planned To Resume Executions Using The Same Three Drug Lethal Injection Protocol Was Used During Flawed In 2015 ,A Divided Us Supreme Court Said Oklahomas Use Of Midazolam Didnt Violate The Constitutions Eighth Amendment Prohibition On Cruel And Unusual Punishment Also Some Risk Pain Is Inherent In Any Method Execution But Denham Notes That Inmates Challenging Its Hadnt Proved It Was Unconstitutional ,Ot That The Drug Itself Was Constitutional Oklahoma Has Six More Executions Scheduled To Take Place Through March ,Nd Prison Officials Say They Have Confirmeda Source To Supply All The Drugs Needed ,