Needle to change blood temperature

[jame88618]

Where I live they are amputating legs of people whose legs turn purple
I believe a needle to change blood temperature could possibly push the blood in the veins in the place of the heart allowing circulation to continue in the veins making it so the person's limbs continue working
I hope that we can start a coalition to make a needle to change blood temperature
Where I live they're giving meth pipes and heroin to people which is increasing the number of amputations and they are giving people whose limbs have been amputated meth and heroin which is making the problem even worse
Please help me Advocate to make a needle to change blood temperature to try and save people's limbs from amputation

[prolongedqtc]

We are mammals and have the ability to regulate our body temperature. The reason they are turning purple/cyanotic is because there is a decrease in blood return or delivery to/from the heart due to a blockage of some sort. You can warm up the specific body part with an external heating pad without risking infection by introducing a foreign object. 

[snowyh]

OMG, jame88618, where are you from??? Who's giving meth and heroin to treat hypothermia and amputees? I don't understand what you mean by "a needle to change blood temperature"--please elaborate.

Helen

[snowyh]

OK, I found your post under Shoot the Breeze and read the linked articles. Apparently, "a needle to change blood temperature" already exists--it's called an Intravascular Cooling System and it's used to treat victims of heat stroke by cooling their blood enough to induce a mild state of hypothermia and then raising it again to normal body temperature. So the technology already exists to warm the blood and reintroduce it into the body to raise body temperature. Are you saying that doctors/emergency rooms refuse to use it to treat hypothermia?

I see you are from British Columbia, Canada, and that earlier this year B.C. decriminalized the possession of personal amounts of cocaine, meth, ecstasy and heroin. "Decriminalization of up to 2.5 grams of drugs began in the province starting Jan.31 in an effort to combat the overdose crisis." Cocaine is now being manufactured by a Canadian drug company and distributed only to licensed dealers of controlled substances (pharmacies, hospitals etc.). Are you suggesting that doctors are prescribing meth and cocaine to combat hypothermia? Are they prescribing these drugs to amputees or others to control pain? I wouldn't think so, and the law decriminalizing these drugs was specifically designed to reduce the number of overdoses.

Helen