Chem Lab: Medical Assistant Drops Dead While Huffing Ether in Hospital Break Room

When the colleagues of an anesthetist found him lying dead on a bed in their break room with an

empty bottle of inhalable anesthetic in his hand, they had a lot of a lot of questions to answer.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/chem-lab-medica.html

This moron should have known better. What do you think happened?

 

sevoflurane is a highly fluorinated compound. my guess would be he had reduced renal clearance due to previous use taking a toll on his enzymes. fluorines are enzyme disruptors, and the more fluorine-containing substances you consume, the more the cumulative toxic effect will be.

 

wow, very insightful