Poison Gas Can Induce Suspended Animation, and Could Save Your Life [Science]
A small dose of hydrogen sulfide gas put this little guy into a state of suspended animation for six hours. If the technique can scale up to humans, it could buy doctors valuable time in emergency situations. The idea is that if someone suffers a critical injury and time is of the essence, a small dose of hydrogen sulfide gas could dramatically slow the patient’s heartbeat. Effectively the patient would enter a near-death state. As scary as that sounds, it is reversible. Time would basical
