Originally Posted by Smo
Mara - injecting adrenaline directly into the heart has saved millions of lives world wide - it actually happens. A large needle is forced through the sternum, think of like a jump start.
I love adrenaline rushes, it's one of the reasons I ride my bike the way I do. Doing a big drop gap to a rail or a large gap/hook really gets the blood pumping. There are stories I've seen on television with people who have performed remarkable feats of strength and endurance under the influence of adrenaline. One such event was a car accident - a woman had escaped the car but it had caught fire and her baby was stuck in the rear seat. The woman tore off the rear near-side door of the car. A fire crew would need the jaws of life - a hydraulic crushing arm - to do something like that. Another story was reasonably similar, a man and his wife had a car accident and the wife was stuck under the car. During the accident the man had dislocated his left shoulder. He lifted one end of the car - dislocating his other shoulder - and held it for 4 and a half hours until help arrived. A man held up a 1+1/2 tonne car with two dislocated shoulders for 4 and a half hours. That's indredible.
Adrenaline is a fantastic chemical.