i hope it was stoli

man, i never heard of such a thing. an intravenous pumping an equivalent of 3 drinks an hour for THREE DAYS. dang!
(guess they didn't have any grappa)
Doctors save poisoned tourist using vodka drip
With treatment, Italian visitor made successful recovery in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia - Australian doctors said they plugged a poisoned Italian tourist into a vodka drip after running out of the medicinal alcohol they would normally have used to save his life.
The 24-year-old Italian, who was not further identified, was diagnosed as having ingested a large quantity of ethylene glycol, a common ingredient in antifreeze that can cause renal failure.
Pure alcohol is often given in treating such cases because it can inhibit the toxic effects of ethylene glycol..........