What happens when you drink eight Red Bull caffeine drinks:
Australian man, Matthew Penbross (28), found that out recently after drinking eight of the super-highly caffeinated beverages during a five hour period. I guess eight is his unlucky number, because after downing that last one he collapsed. An ambulance was called and the first aid crew found Penbross having a heart attack. Realizing his heart had stopped, they had to use a defibrillator to get his heart pumping again.
(via Healthbolt)
Update:
Dr. Wes comments on the case.
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“What happens when you drink eight Red Bull caffeine drinks:”
There is no causal proof. I’d hope as a clinician that you’d recognize the difference between correlation and causation.
Do you really trust the medical knowledge of an article that claims defibrillators are used to start stopped hearts?:
” Realizing his heart had stopped, they had to use a defibrillator to get his heart pumping again.”
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