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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. I remember there was an Archives article from, or Annals, I forget, it was probably called Archives back then, Resuscitating Advanced Directives. And we see that too in geriatrics.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

I’d be willing to take some time on a mechanical ventilation machine to live longer.” And so the idea that patients are walking around with these on their shoulder like, “Hey, I got the mechanical ventilation preference, just want to make sure.” When it was do not resuscitate, fewer people chose it.

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Lucid Episodes: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi & Andrew Peterson

GeriPal

Eric 05:30 And Andrew, I remember when I was a med student, I had a patient with a diffuse brain injury in the ICU on a ventilator. Andrew, you might remember more about it with individuals who I think were maybe in the neuro ICU and they are undergoing resuscitation. And we have a couple of those cases.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

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.