I never understood why people call nitrous oxygen laughing gas. I used to get for dental work like root canals. All it did was relax me and make not not care what was going on. I was cognizant of the conversations around me, I could feel what the DDS was doing, I just didn’t care.
When I was living in Colorado an MP at Ft. Carson stole 2 tanks from the dental clinic. They found him dead in his room from ODing on it.
I have a phobia with the dentist drill, so they always give me nitro. 20 years at my same dentist, never a problem until one day I stopped breathing. They immediately switched me to oxygen and called 911. When I was alert the dental assistant that I was friendly with was holding my hand. She had come in off break to be with me. 30 minutes later I was fine, but the ambulance never showed up. All we could figure was because it was at a dental office it was low-priority. The station it would have come from was less than a mile away.
When I broke my leg in three places while hiking an icy trail, the ambulance attendants gave me nitrous (laughing gas) to control the pain. It was fantastic! The gas didn’t stop my leg from hurting, it just made me not care about it. It also played tricks with my sense of time… the gas seemed to insert a 2-second gap between when I knew things happened (e.g. the siren coming on, or the ambulance hitting a bump) and when that knowledge rose up into my conscious awareness. It was all very interesting.
Bilan about 5 years ago
You won’t laugh about it later because you’re going to both suffocate and get the bends at 20 feet.
danketaz Premium Member about 5 years ago
The Joker strikes again.
the lost wizard about 5 years ago
What are we doing in this dive anyway?
Jeddo about 5 years ago
Um… nitrous what? That’s an adjective.
ccomebacktour about 5 years ago
The jokes IN us !
uniquename about 5 years ago
That’s what you get for diving with a dentist.
LINK_O_NEAL about 5 years ago
The would be laughing if it was helium.
Darryl Heine about 5 years ago
HA HA!
Indianapolis Smith about 5 years ago
And you should’ve seen the look on the sharks face when it bit into one of them!
Queen of America about 5 years ago
I never understood why people call nitrous oxygen laughing gas. I used to get for dental work like root canals. All it did was relax me and make not not care what was going on. I was cognizant of the conversations around me, I could feel what the DDS was doing, I just didn’t care.
Nate England about 5 years ago
It’s just the gas…
Nate England about 5 years ago
Probably shouldn’t have brought that dentist with them.
felinefan55 Premium Member about 5 years ago
When I was living in Colorado an MP at Ft. Carson stole 2 tanks from the dental clinic. They found him dead in his room from ODing on it.
I have a phobia with the dentist drill, so they always give me nitro. 20 years at my same dentist, never a problem until one day I stopped breathing. They immediately switched me to oxygen and called 911. When I was alert the dental assistant that I was friendly with was holding my hand. She had come in off break to be with me. 30 minutes later I was fine, but the ambulance never showed up. All we could figure was because it was at a dental office it was low-priority. The station it would have come from was less than a mile away.
Lablubber about 5 years ago
Scuba divers don’t use oxygen tanks. They use compressed air.
WCraft Premium Member about 5 years ago
I’m thinking there are going to be some really upset dental patients…
tbubble about 5 years ago
Must be diving in the root canal.
Coyoty Premium Member about 5 years ago
Ironically, they’re there to look at clown fish.
donut reply about 5 years ago
So you went to the dentist to get your nitrox?
Dennett Premium Member about 5 years ago
When I broke my leg in three places while hiking an icy trail, the ambulance attendants gave me nitrous (laughing gas) to control the pain. It was fantastic! The gas didn’t stop my leg from hurting, it just made me not care about it. It also played tricks with my sense of time… the gas seemed to insert a 2-second gap between when I knew things happened (e.g. the siren coming on, or the ambulance hitting a bump) and when that knowledge rose up into my conscious awareness. It was all very interesting.