Smelling salts are now a “new” thing. Take me out back like Old Yeller.
I react poorly to blood donation and have had these used on me, they are incredibly unpleasant. There’s no lasting harm, and they do work very well. Basically imagine a chemical burn throughout your nose, sinuses, and upper respiratory system that lasts 30 seconds. It works immediately and gets a very strong reaction
Huh. It sounds like TV had it right this time. I assumed smelling salts were a convenient plot device, rather than an actual thing.
Can confirm. I also fainted once after donating blood. They used that stuff on me. The tv does get it right this time. It works very quickly, and is similar to getting a big whiff of ammonia. Pungent, sharp, yet kind of the same feeling like when your nose suddenly clears if you have a cold and can breathe again.
Edit: lol, I didn’t know they were actual ammonia. Go figure. I’m trying to not light up the room so scrolled past the image at first.
Don’t most first aid kits have smelling salts?
I need to make a machine that pours this shit down my nose/mouth at a time I set. Finally an alarm that I will wake up from .
Maybe check out alarm clocks for deaf people, they make some that work on scent
On that subject, get an alarm that has a vibrating paddle that goes under your pillow. They have the vibrator and they’re like 5x louder than a normal alarm. They’re like $20 on Amazon and they’re a lifesaver for people like me.
In movies and TV it always looked like they cracked something in half. I’m wondering if they’ve been coming in a little pouch now for a long time but that cracking-in-half type is now movie shorthand for smelling salts so they keep doing it.
