Cases of attempted suicides through alternate helium gas inhalation by two teenage girls

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  • Sugiura Mamiko
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Takemoto Masaaki
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Kanazawa Masashi
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Imamura Tomonori
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Nakano Takaaki
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Tobe Yukiko
    Department of Psychiatry, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
  • Ito Toshitaka
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital

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  • 中学生女子2人が一緒にヘリウムガス吸入にて自殺を企てた1例

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<p>Two 14-year-old girls attempted suicide through alternate helium gas inhalation. They planned their suicide using helium gas two months in advance, and purchased helium used as a lifting gas through internet mail order. No damage was reported because they could not inhale it in a closed environment. Helium used as a lifting gas contains no oxygen ; hence we die of suffocation from helium gas inhalation. We can get information on the internet about helium gas. As in this case, helium gas can be purchased by anybody without personal identification through shopping websites. This dangerous situation requires urgent preventive measures.</p>

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