Andrew Jackson And Suicide Case Analysis

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Of course, the statement spooked Jackson even further since Doctor Adams told him he didn’t need any medication unless he asked for it, so as a result when the orderly moved in next to his bed, Jackson went on the offensive as he locked his right arm around the man’s throat. Since he didn’t expect a bed-ridden man with a brain injury to move with the quickness of a cheetah, the attack caught him off guard as Jackson held on until the orderly passed out. Dumping the man on his bed, Jackson picked up the two syringes from the floor and read the names on the vials, Potassium chloride and succinylcholine and he didn’t know what they did, but it couldn’t be good this man wanted to inject the drugs into his body. Needing both hands, Jackson placed

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