Palliverse
JUNE 5, 2023
She died suddenly and the family asked the nurses to perform CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We wanted to try to calm their distress, to try to prevent complicated grief. Photo by Nik on Unsplash We thought she still had weeks left to live. We didn’t know it would only be hours. The nurses calmly and gently refused.
The Nurse Break
APRIL 4, 2022
The best strategy is to prepare for the worst, hoping that it won’t happen, and have all the resuscitation equipment prepared prior to transporting the patient. From my experience, being prepared makes the difference; resuscitating a patient at altitude, in a confined space with challenging communication is not ideal.
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The Nurse Break
JUNE 4, 2022
Yes, as with any critical care specialty, we witness loss and grief, but we also see positivity and this makes our role so very rewarding. On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed.
Living With Hospice
MARCH 5, 2022
But I just soon do this now and get it over with make sure we're all squared away, ready to go so that when the time comes, we don't have to deal with making all these tough decisions in the middle of our grief. One more thing before we move off of legal medical directives are very important, especially a do not resuscitate a DNR.
GeriPal
AUGUST 31, 2023
That’s a whole different case than the new world we’re in now where resuscitation science and critical care has created a situation where people have all kinds of time to be that far away from the end and really contemplate it, and like Juliet is saying, adapt to it, deal with it, and be at the correct stage. I don’t know.
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