Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If I need to do a ventilator on someone, if we need to have a BiPAP, or non-invasive ventilation, or if we need different modalities, those will be done. The hospitals should be really for triaging, and and then hopefully successfully resuscitating and rehabilitating people. I conceive of a very different model.

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Medical director Hospice care Hospice Ventilator 265

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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Informed consent Article Palliative care Resuscitation 332

The Nurse Break

APRIL 4, 2022

The majority are adult patients with all types of conditions, commonly cardiac, complex medical and surgical, or trauma – they are often intubated and ventilated and on inotropes. Most transfers from the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Brisbane base are inter-facility transfers to secondary or tertiary hospitals for definitive patient care.

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. Do-not-resuscitate orders instruct medical staff not to revive the individual if their heart stops or they stop breathing. Do you want to be resuscitated if your heart stops beating?

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