GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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.” ” You talk about this too, even in your own training, where even around CPR, the training is like he might need a ventilator if he couldn’t protect his airway.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I feel like we talked about this before, so I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I maybe will sound like a broken record to get back to what is the definition of advance care planning? I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.

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GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

I think that for me, it seems like an argument of extremes where people definitely wanted to consider it, oftentimes I think because they were angry that people weren’t being vaccinated and then wanted access to resources. Emily: Yeah. I’d actually echo that. So they probably know something that we don’t. Govind: Yeah.

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Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

In this article, we review the definition of ALS, common ALS symptoms, and how you can better help and support your loved one by seeking the assistance of hospice care services. Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. What is ALS?

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 3, 2022

Titration of ventilation settings, CRRT troubleshooting, vasopressor management, and supporting loved ones, all the while trying to manage documentation and patients who are critically unwell or aggressive as a result of ICU delirium. Mental Health Nursing. Miscellaneous. News & Spotlights. Nurse Educators, Facilitators & Tutors.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. That will be the last one in his life. Don’t ask anybody. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Winston’s paper on the “fuzziness” around all definitions of brain death, titled, Brain Death without Definitions. So the kind of technological bind we’re talking about that first became recognized in the sixties or so with ventilators, the kinds of technologies that we have to sustain different kinds of bodily function.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

So now that the emergency response has ended, what’s to be done? Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Joe, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Joe: Great to be here. Welcome back to GeriPal, Brooke. Brooke: Thank you. Carly, welcome to GeriPal.

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