SCP-3349

SCP-3349 on standard EKG paper. Manifestations have been marked.





Item #: SCP-3349

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Individuals affected by SCP-3349 are to be admitted indefinitely as inpatients under routine care in Foundation Long-Term Acute Care facilities so as to not re-expose SCP-3349 to civilian physicians and the medical community at large. Reports of instances are to be intercepted by field agents, who are to use experiential discretion regarding the use of Class A amnestics.

The cardiac activity of patients admitted with SCP-3349 is to be monitored at all times by a centralized telemetry unit, continuously staffed with two 12-hour shift clerical personnel. Instances of SCP-3349 are to be reported by the clerical staff to the nursing staff promptly via an exclusive telephone line. Electrical manifestations of SCP-3349 are to be captured when possible, the printouts catalogued both in the patient's analog and electronic record.

Beginning in 1941, SCP-3349 has been actively expunged from the civilian medical community and literature, initially per endeavors of Mobile Task Force Gamma 5 (“Red Herrings”) and since continued by the ongoing global acquisition and obscuration of case studies by the D.E.A.

Description: SCP-3349 is a nonfatal cardiac arrhythmia that has a 42.8% incidence following a specific sequence of intravenous drug administrations:

150 mg IV drip of amiodarone (infused over 15 minutes)

1 g IV infusion of magnesium (infused over 1 hour)

1 ampule of sodium bicarbonate (infused over 3-4 minutes)

0.1 mcg IV of epinephrine (immediate push)

SCP-3349 is not constant and appears periodically in the affected individual with an average of nine occurrences per day, lasting for an average of three minutes per occurrence. Subjectively, patients report feeling comforted, elated, and euphoric. Objectively, SCP-3349 produces a “fluttering” central and peripheral pulse upon palpation, often described as tactilely similar to a purr of Felis catus (the common house cat), and can be auscultated with a stethoscope, the clinical descriptions also citing the purr of Felis catus.

On electrocardiogram, SCP-3349's manifestations display commonalities with the waveforms of human vocalizations. Spectrographically-reconstructed audio signals based on SCP-3349's electrical signatures produce various intonations of human-like laughter, wailing, and speech (See "Audio Data" below). Auditory outputs resembling the purr of Felis catus have also been reported.

SCP-3349 is non-curable and is refractory to defibrillation at 200, 300, and 360 Joules. There are no known precipitating or alleviating factors regarding SCP-3349, other than the aforementioned induction. Despite the erratic electrical activity, patients remain stable, though few may experience some reduction in exercise tolerance.





Audio Data » Input Level 3 Credentials « « Credentials Accepted »



A classic presentation of SCP-3349.

File — AAR.3349.A10302 — Auscultation with digital stethoscope, post amplification. 00.0-11.1 seconds — Normal sinus rhythm with increasing tachycardia

11.1-24.2 seconds — SCP-3349

24.2-30.0 seconds — Spontaneous return to normal sinus rhythm





File — AARwDC.3349.D1323 — Spectrographic resynthesis from Leads I, V5. Figure 1: An example of a reverse-engineered waveform from spectrographic data (top) taken from an SCP-3349 electrical signature (bottom). Mary ██████, Medical Record Number ██████████.

Obtained August 25, 1955 03:14

Some interpreters detect a vocalization resembling human laughter.





File — AARwDC.3349.F163 — Spectrographic resynthesis from Leads II, III, V1, V2, aVF. William ████████, Medical Record Number ██████████.

Obtained June 12, 1947 23:32

Some interpreters detect multi-layered human and/or canine-like wailing. A low-toned variant of the frequently encountered Felis catus "purr" can be heard (0:25.54 — 0:31.17, 0:40.54 — 0:49.32)





File — PHS.3349.23P02.I.II.III — Example manifestations of recorded speech. I) Janice ███████████, Medical Record Number █████████.

4/28/96 16:51

Patient supine, resting comfortably in no acute distress. No events overnight.

Identified are a man speaking Arabic and an attempt at a telephone conversation. II) Michael █████, Medical Record Number ███████████.

1/10/60 13:34

Patient sitting and conversing normally, discussing current events.

A male voice is identified, clerical transcriptions and voice-recognition software have interpreted the input as possibly being one of the following phrases: "help me", "hell believe", "hell, please", "help, please". III) Richard ███████, Medical Record Number ███████████.

1/10/61 13:34

Patient sleeping during time of capture.

A female voice is identified saying the following phrase: "…firefighters, emergency personnel responding to toxic spills, researchers, or specialists cleaning up contamin-(distortion)—ated facilities (distortion) with breathing appara[tus]…"

The phrase is found in now defunct Foundation protocols (current at the time of recording) regarding hazardous occupational spills.



