Information for terminally ill or hopelessly physically ill, competent adults
‘Last Rights Publications’ in Canada went out of business some time ago, just after the 3rd edition of Final Exit was published. So ignore the information at the bottom of page 140 of my book about where to buy the helium hood kit. Instead, today a person may purchase the helium hood kit (not the tanks) for $60 USD from:
GLADD Group
3755 Avocado Blvd # 166
LA MESA CA 91941 USA
GLADD will not sell the kit to any person in the state of Georgia because of the hostile police climate there.
Supplying this equipment is not an ERGO project, but we have heard that they are reliable, with a fairly good turn-around time. Overseas price is the same = $60. Check, money order or cash. No internet or telephone orders.
Ideally, TWO 14.9 cu.ft tanks each for 30 party balloons are needed. The GLADD kits are made for use with two tanks. (Actually, simply 4-5 good gulps of pure helium are lethal — the 2nd tank is in case one happens to be empty.)
The tanks can be purchased from a toy store or a party store. Ask not for ‘helium’ but for a ‘party balloon kit’ (each of which contains one tank of helium.)
The same tanks are also advertised for sale on the internet by Target and at Party America. Put ‘party balloon kits’ into Google Search Box. (But much cheaper in toy stores, where you can use cash.) Nitrogen works just as lethally as helium if that is available.
The illustrated information information in the paperback or digital Final Exit book must be studied closely for successful self-deliverance. Final Exit paperback and eBook and Final Exit DVD video available through the ERGO Bookstore
–Derek Humphry, jnlst & author, Oregon 27 April 2009
To Bobby 100
If the manufacturers of helium diluted their product they would lose millions of dollars of business from industry and scientific laboratories. The balloon business is a sideshow to them. Also, by law they’d have to say so on the tank what the amount of dilution was.
In ten years I’ve never heard of any dilution. But one has to watch whether the tank is full — which is why I recommend two tanks. Very occasionally, the tank is not properly filled at the plant; more likely somebody has been playing with the tap.
As a reminder, the helium hood kit can be obtained by sending $60 US to this address:
GLADD Group
3755 Avocado Blvd # 166
LA MESA CA 91941 USA
They cannot be contacted by internet or telephone – mail only. Disposable tanks can be purchased by putting the word ‘helium’ into Amazon.com search.
The instructions on the helium method of self-deliverance from a terminal illness are explained and illustrated in the book and ebook
“Final Exit” obtainable at http://www.finalexit.org
07.22.2010
jake.bratton
All 3 inert gases are equally lethal. Helium is easier to obtain for most people.
Could an oxygen mask work instead of a bag (assuming offcourse that the little holes they have are closed)?
Andrew G
An oxygen mask rarely fits properly and will likely blow off when the inert gas is turned on.
Gary
I want to thank you for all this information. I have ordered Final Exit from ERGO. My suffering has taken a sudden turn for the worse and I have been been in a panic about a future of intolerable pain. These updates help to ease my fears.