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    New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames

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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    That helmet thing is scary as fuck! If I was a little kid and some tried to throw that on my head, I'd freak out. Hell, I'd freak out now and I'm 21.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @MargaretMoony: Some kids might like it, pretending they're mecha pilots or scuba divers or whatever it is they're into these days.


    It does look like it would suck the brains out of your head. Or like the caps everyone has to wear that put you in thrall in "The White Mountains" et al.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    Buried deep in the copy is the REAL point -- "performed by less skilled personnel".


    With this thing, you don't need an anesthesiologist and a DDS -- you just get the dental assistant to do it.


    In medical settings, you get some techie instead of an MD.


    Pushing work onto less-skilled and therefore less-paid people is the way healthcare goes these days. Keep those profits up, medical industry!


    (I've spent a lot of time in dr's offices over the decades and witnessed this erosion of skill/training. Nurses doing doctors' old jobs, technicians doing what registered nurses used to do, etc.)

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/21/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I thought the same thing when I read it. "Now you can bring in the person who has no skills dealing with children to perform a painful procedure on your stoned kid."
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @Annalee Newitz: "Yes, why call a professional to treat your child like a human being, when you can drug them into submission so an underpaid anyone can hack away at their mouth!"


    It's still gonna be unpleasant and hurt like hell later, the kid just won't yell and squirm about it. Pretty soon they'll start throwing the tantrums when they see the gadget. "No, Mommy I don't want to wear the helmet!"


    Then the sensors break after months of kids playing with the snorkel and some kid gets too much nitrous and the assistant doesn't notice the breathing slowing and doesn't know how to remedy the situation...

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    Image of HarroChan HarroChan
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    Wasn't this on gizmodo a month ago?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/21/09

    @HarroChan: No apparently it was on Kotaku. But that is because they are always one step ahead of us on the drugged-out videogame addict beat.
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    Image of Lila Maldicion Lila Maldicion
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    It looks like Taelon tech.
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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    05/21/09

    @Lila Maldicion: Used to sedate children while they receive their CVI's.
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    Image of whiteflea whiteflea
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    The PediSedate is sort of old news, but I'm still pretty curious what they mean by "connects to a Game Boy or CD Player." Does it get any feedback from the device it's hooked up, or is basically just acting as headphones?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    05/21/09

    @whiteflea: It's just for headphones.
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    Image of aixelsyd aixelsyd
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    Seems overly evil to me, but it all depends on the application. Lets hope it stays in the dental office where it belongs, and not into the hands of parents who will use it to pacify their children into compliance.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @aixelsyd: What if the rest of us WANT the kids pacified on airplanes, etc?


    mwa ha ha, said the ROACH member.

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    This looks like something that Professor Charles Xavier or Elijah Snow or John Constantine would rescue kids from.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    One question here, why does it need to be connected? How is that different than just handing them a controller and throwing a mask on their face?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I prefer handing them a mask and throwing a controller at their face. Excuse me, someone from social services is at the door.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/21/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: are you mad man! look at the triangle: distraction, sedation, and comfort. it's a shape with words on it, what better expliantion could you possiblly need!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @tetracycloide: Sorry I missed the triangle. For some reason I'm very distracted today, and sleepy. I am pretty comfortable. I'm at this new friends house. I met him today and he wanted to play "Enders Game" with me. He had the helmet so I said, sure, got into his van and now I'm here. Oh, he's telling me to get offliiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Someone turn on the Chris Hansen signal! We Have A Disaster!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @crashedpc : γ‚΄γ‚­γƒ–γƒͺ and θŸ‘θž‚ division: I'll make the iced tea. Chris always has to offer that to the pedos.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/21/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: my favorite part of the triangle? the part where some graphics designer got paid to come up with that shit.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Is that like, pedolectrolytes or something? I just don't understand.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @crashedpc : γ‚΄γ‚­γƒ–γƒͺ and θŸ‘θž‚ division: I guess Chris just really digs it and chugs it down while he's waiting for them.


    PS -- Check your PM's again.

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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    I'm sure these will be mandatory for kids in restaurants and jet airliners.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    05/21/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Where's the petition. I'll sign. Can we to the grocery store added to the list?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @LittleDragon: I'm signing it right now and calling my congresscritter to make it MANDATORY.


    Or, we could make it a choice on airplanes. Either you have your kid wear this thing, or you pay twice or ten times as much in airfare. It's up to you, parents.


    Most parents on long trips with the kids would jump at the chance, I'd bet. No more "are we there yet? I'm bored!"


    Airplanes, nice restaurants, grocery and department stores, R-rated movies... the future looks bright!

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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    05/21/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: hear hear! I'm glad you added R-rated movies to that. You're my hero.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @acrobatic rabbit_R.O.A.C.H.: Thank you, blue bunny!


    I'm sick and tired of going to a grown-up movie at 10 PM and there's some 6 year old whining, babbling, running around.


    Not only is it annoying to other people, it's got to be unpleasant for the kid to be bored and exposed to that imagery.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    first question, can it aresole gases other than nitrous oxide? if so, can it be built in adult sizes?
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    Image of ultra_balexbot ultra_balexbot
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    i ove how terribly outdated this thing is already. a Game Boy? not even and Game Boy Color!? and Portable CD player?? what the hell's a CD? cos kids aren't hip to anything these days.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @ultra_balexbot: I'm sure it can be retrofitted to accommodate whatever toys you wish your potential victim to use.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    05/21/09

    @crashedpc : γ‚΄γ‚­γƒ–γƒͺ and θŸ‘θž‚ division: O_o What ever toys? Knowing your, I am not sure I what to know what kind of toys you would retrofit this too.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @LittleDragon: You know... kid toys... *runs away*
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    these come in black and adult sizes?
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    Oh man.. I want one of these for playing Team Fortress.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/21/09

    @bluehinter: wow. I already laugh every time I get blowed up... I can only imagine.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    Video games and drugs. Two great tastes that taste great together.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    In reply to New Medical Device Sedates Children With Drugs, Videogames
    That dentist is explaining things to that kid a bit too enthusiastically...
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/21/09

    @crashedpc : γ‚΄γ‚­γƒ–γƒͺ and θŸ‘θž‚ division: you actually think that's a dentist?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @tetracycloide: I'm trying to pretend to have faith in humanity for just a brief moment, here.


    Ok, it passed.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/21/09

    @crashedpc : γ‚΄γ‚­γƒ–γƒͺ and θŸ‘θž‚ division: there could be a completely innocent expliation. maybe the 'doctor' is leaning way way into the child because there's a draft from the nitrous at that angle.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/21/09

    @tetracycloide: Yes. That could b- Nah, fuckin' pedo.
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