GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I can on one hand count the patients I’ve cared for who didn’t want mechanical ventilation. I can correspondingly count on one hand the number of patients I’ve cared for who said I want to be on mechanical ventilation at all costs, even if it means I will never come off. Kelly: Yeah, no, definitely. Abby: Yeah.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Yeah, I think we took a pretty broad definition in the article, but really it’s any failure to communicate clearly and adequately. To me, that’s the definition of miscommunication. Will you please answer the question for us? laughter] Eric: That was miscommunication on my part. I didn’t assign somebody to ask.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. I definitely don’t want to do that today. Definitely doesn’t correlate with need. And instead of only being focused on the mechanical ventilation parameters that day, we force them to focus on prognosis.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You can mention significant experiences you had or skills you developed, such as working with ventilators or assisting with procedures like placing an IV, in a bulleted list below your clinical experience. Non-nursing work experience highlights the versatility of your skill set, so you should definitely include this on your resume.

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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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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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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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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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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes. When it comes to end-of-life wishes, there are definitely some that will not be honored in a living will. Who you want to make decisions on your behalf.

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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. The Emergency Department is definitely worth considering if you love a fast paced, challenging environment.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Danny 07:39 Yeah, definitely. So some of our approaches definitely altered based on the availability of what we could get done. Eric 19:31 So it was interventions like feeding tubes, mechanical ventilation, dialysis at the very end of life. I’m hearing dementia patients or patients with dementia. Oh, sorry, go ahead.

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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

We sometimes take care of patients who are on home ventilators, so coming in for an office visit is not practically feasible. laughter] Carly: Definitely. In our particular practice, we take care of a very large population of patients with ALS who of course have a lot of physical disability. Eric: So the DEA is ground control.

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