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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. Missouri set a very high bar, explicit written documentation that applies to this specific circumstance, which the Cruzan’s eventually cleared. And I think that’s where we want to be.

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

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This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will?

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. I think one of the residents you asked how would they broach a subject, and he said wording like, “Unfortunately, he still needs a ventilator.”

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Firestorm

The Nurse Break

Peeking out of the small window in the resuscitation room, it seemed the world had been dipped in a bucket of hell. As was to be the case throughout the disaster, communication was a real problem, and the only way we had any idea of the magnitude of what was unfolding, was from the paramedics and public that presented. the firestorm.

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