Girl, 14, suffered frostbite burns after inhaling laughing gas

Canisters of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. A teenager suffered 4% total body surface area frostbite burns to her inner thighs after using the substance.

A 14-year-old girl had to be resuscitated and suffered extensive frostbite after inhaling laughing gas, a study has revealed.

The teenager suffered 4% total body surface area frostbite burns to her inner thighs. She sought medical care two days after sustaining contact burns to her inner thighs from direct contact with a frozen nitrous oxide cylinder (N2O), which is also known as hippy crack.