La serpiente y el arco iris (1988)un modelo fisiopatológico por sobredosis de tetrodotoxina

  1. Fernández-Martos, Carmen 1
  2. Suleiman-Martos, Nora 2
  3. Gómez-Urquiza, José Luis 3
  4. Prieto-Gómez, Isabel 4
  5. Ramírez-Sánchez, Manuel 4
  6. Segarra-Robles, Ana Belén 4
  7. García-Cózar, Francisco 5
  8. Domínguez-Vías, Germán 6
  1. 1 Facultad de Farmacia y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid (España).
  2. 2 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de Granada. Universidad de Granada (España).
  3. 3 Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de Ceuta. Universidad de Granada (España).
  4. 4 Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales. Universidad de Jaén (España).
  5. 5 Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Cádiz (España).
  6. 6 Departamento de Fisiología. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de Ceuta. Universidad de Granada (España).
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Journal:
Revista de medicina y cine

ISSN: 1885-5210

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 20

Issue: 3

Pages: 285-300

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14201/RMC.32031 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) is an attractive teaching model that combines pharmacology and physiological alterations in many functional systems. Based on a true event, this horror classic turned into a cult film analyzes how the scientific method is capable of providing answers to the myth of the living dead through voodoo, in the population of Haiti, due to the inhalation of a powerful powder drug that contains high doses of tetrodotoxin. This film simulates the acute state of catalepsy of the patients and the tests submitted to certify the apparent death after confirmation of the irreversible cessation of cardiorespiratory or brain functions, due to the absence of brainstem reflexes from the long-term effects of the drug. Furthermore, although the patient does not die and is buried while being aware of the entire process, the film allows the students to reflect on the high psychological burden, both of the patient himself and of the population, which deepens the states of terror by assuming who is a slave returned from death without soul and without will.

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