A Lonely and Curious Country by Matthew Carpenter, Steven Prizeman, Damir Salkovic Page B

your body and you will experience an eternity of suffering, torment, and despair at the hands of Hell’s minions. Unfortunately we cannot accurately predict the nature of your particular encounter with the afterlife; however, participants from pilot studies have reported the following:
    -                       A limitless void, “red as death and cold as sin”
    -                       Repeated consumption by a yellow, eyeless serpent
    -                       Drowning in a vat of liquid fire
    -                       Pursuit by “The Devourer in the Mist”
    After the ninety-second interval has elapsed, resuscitation techniques will be employed, including but not limited to: manual chest compressions, defibrillation, and the administration of pharmacologic agents, e.g. epinephrine, calcium, insulin, diuretics, and antiarrhythmics. These agents, when used in combination, will counter the effects of the potassium chloride, allowing for reversal of the death state and the subsequent return of your soul to the confines of its earthly body.
    Post-therapeutic evaluation will include a complete medical examination, three (3) one-on-one follow up visits with a study psychiatrist to record your experiences and assess your mental status, and administration of follow up psychometric testing.
    SIDE EFFECTS: Potential side effects include: sleep disturbances, insomnia, persistent nightmares, hallucinations (both auditory and visual), seizures, and short-term memory loss.
    RISKS: As with any therapy, there are risks to undergoing treatment. Known risks associated with the above-described intervention include:
    ·           Infection at the IV site
    ·           Broken ribs
    ·           Irreversible psychosis
    ·           Increased incidence of developing suicidal tendencies
    ·           Coma
    ·           Permanent death and disability
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    BENEFITS & REIMBURSEMENT: While you may experience no direct benefits, others will benefit from your participation, in that a successful trial will decrease the recidivism rate of violent offenders, making society safer for everyone in the long term. All medical and living expenses incurred during the interventional and subsequent observational periods will be provided at no cost.
    CONFIDENTIALITY: By participating in this research, you are undergoing an intervention unfamiliar and unavailable to other patients within the Shady Acres facility. While many patients are aware that experimental therapies are under investigation, we do not share the identity of any participants with other patients. However, due to the nature of your crimes, law enforcement officials, judges, lawyers, and victims or their surviving families may be made aware of your participation status as one of the conditions of your release.
    RIGHT TO REFUSE OR WITHDRAW: As stated above, participation in Project Handbasket is mandatory. At no point will you be permitted to withdraw from the study.
    PART II: Certificate of Consent
     
    I have read the above information. I have had the opportunity to ask questions about it and all questions I have asked have been answered to my satisfaction. I consent voluntarily to participate in this research.
     
    Print Name of Participant       N/A       
    Signature of Participant         N/A       
     
    I have witnessed the accurate reading of the above information to the participant, and the participant has had the opportunity to ask questions. I confirm that the participant has given consent.
     
    Print name of witness                 Jacqueline Harper, MD  
    Signature of witness              Jacqueline Harper, MD
    Date                                                March 4, 2017   
     
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