Healthcare proxy Living will Social worker Ventilator 
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
And now ICU care has flourished, and we can keep people alive in the sense that their heart is beating and we can sustain their ventilation and circulation. For example, I had another patient in the ICU who she was on a ventilator. ICU care was pretty rudimentary. It’s certainly not common in my practice.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2022
I don’t need a checkbox form, I don’t need to know about CPR or mechanical ventilation. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? They said durable power of attorney for healthcare, like assigning a healthcare proxy. Who are they? Eric: I guess probably the combo of both.
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