hypothesis for family witness cpr and invasive and procedures?
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please rephrase the question in english
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You might be interested in joining th National Registry for CPR.  www.nrcpr.org  This is an organization affiliated with the American Heart Assoc.\n\nThere is a link that prints out various forms for....whatever.  Try the link and scroll down to Code Blue critique form.\n\nwww.state.sc.us/dmh/dmhforms.\n\nIf this link doesn't work, put this title in a search engine  SCDMH Enterprise forms.
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Medic Alert Bracelets?  I think that's the name you're thinking of.  My neighbor had one and it worked well, but then again she had used it inside her house.  I think you could get more information on them at your doctor's office or call your local fire department.  Either place would know.  Good luck to you and your grandfather.
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If the victim was an adult, I would first check the scene for safety.  If the scene appeared safe, I would tap the victim's shoulder and shout "Are you OK?"  If the victim didn't respond, then I would call 911 or ask someone to do it.  I would attend to the victim by first looking, listening, and feeling for breathing.  If the victim is breathing and has signs of circulation than I would put that person in what is called the "recovery position", which is rolling the victim to his side with the top leg bent at the knee and the top arm bent at the elbow with the hand under the head.  Bottom arm and leg are straight.  If there is no sign of breathing and circulation than I would begin appropriate CPR care.  If the victim were an infant or child, I would do the same thing except if I was alone, I would provide 1 minute of care before calling 911.
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any disposition letter is a lette either the defense of prosecution want you to make a statement. In this case on custody of children I presume. I would consult a lawyer on the best action. I feel that I would want to be there myself in the person to tell my end of the facts. Medical personnel in ems usually have to go to court and give direct facts to the court. Usually a disposition.
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Technically...I guess I have.  My father and my sister. Not at the same time .... different situations.  Their airway was blocked and I made it so that they could get air while they were unconscious.
846057
In response to your A: once a person is on life support, they can't be pulled off except with a court order. When we faced that decision with my grandma, the doc asked my mom about life support..mom couldn't make the decision so the doc put her on it. Once the family got there to say good-bye, they slowly stopped giving her meds which were keeping her vitals up...she finally died. Sometimes the family can't make that decision and the doc is trying to give the family time to say good-bye. I doubt that most doctors think about whether the patient has ins. or not..they have to use their conscious to make that decision.
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Here for first aid:\nhttp://www.instructorscorner.org/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentId=2271\n\nand here for cpr:\nhttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3035517
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Who gave her the Narcan? You skip that part completely, just going from calling 911 to talking to the doctor about her possibly withdrawing. Did the medics give her Narcan? The doctor upon his initial evaluation? You said yourself that your mother was on a couple of heavy narcotics, and respiratory distress/depression is a sign of possibly overdosing. In that case, Narcan was absolutely warranted. Perhaps at first glance, that's what they thought your mother had done. Sounds to me like they were trying what they could to save her life, given the information they had.\n\nNo, I don't think you should seek legal action.
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Fight and Flight: Cardiac arrest resuscitation.
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Certain artifacts are specific to death and resuscitation efforts and should be easily recognized by forensic pathologists. I have only ever worked in places where the coroners *were* physicians, unlike the respondent above - they weren't pathologists, but would be aware of general medical issues, so they should recognize these too - but in general (e.g. if you're writing a novel) it would be fair to say that coroners might be more concerned.\n\nAlso, the role of the coroner is often to decide whether or not a case gets a forensic autopsy, and so they are going more on circumstances of death. For instance, if one of my patients dies, there is a list of certain "flags" that mean the coroner has to be called - e.g. patient recently had surgery; patient lived in an old-age care home; patient died within 24 hours of hospital admission; patient died of complications relating to pregnancy/childbirth; patient died unexpectedly... The coroner will ask questions about what is thought to be the cause of death, recent health, etc., and decide whether to order an autopsy or to let the physician sign off on the death certificate.\n\nSpecific artefacts include: darkening of the skin over the dependent part of the body (usually the back of the shoulders and trunk, if the body is lying on its back) due to pooling of blood after death; cracked sternum or ribs broken over the front of the chest from CPR efforts (usually with some associated bruising); possible red marks/patches from the defibrillator pads. Depending on what was done during resuscitation there may also be mouth or nasal injuries from rapid insertion of endotracheal tubes (not usually, but for instance teeth could be chipped) and bruising from insertion of intravenous access. If things got really crazy there could be puncture marks in the left upper quadrant from an attempt to stick a large needle into the heart sac (to drain possible cardiac tamponade = fluid around heart) or chest tubes inserted.\n\nMost of these are pretty evident. If, however, you have someone who had a crushing blow to the chest, it obviously would be important to recognize this as cause of death and not write off bruising/rib fractures as related to resuscitation.\n\nThere are other, internal findings that can be incidental but may be relevant. Kids get a skeletal survey, which checks all the bones for evidence of old fractures (possible indicator of past abuse.) Hope this is the kind of info you were looking for.
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By all means ask people in this forum, as they are certainly more well-equipped to answer this question than the team of doctors that are obviously currently involved in your relatives care.\n\nsorry, but you're asking a really specific question with a paucity of information.  Ask the doctor or doctors involved.
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u should be able to do cpr with clothing on the victim, however if the clothing does interfere with CPR then it is okay. for a female victim, it would be neccesary to ask bystanders to step back if u r about to bare her chest.  RN
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Call the office, or better yet show up at the office, and explain your situation. Do not take "no" for an answer. Be polite, but be firm. If they say "there is nothing we can do", then say, "that's not accpetable". Make sure you highlight the fact that you are worried about the fact that he stops breathing at night - this might make it sound more like an emergency.\n\nThe system is designed to be efficient for doctors, not patients. You must aggressively advocate for your son. Being persistent (but always polite) is the best way to make things happen.\n\nGood luck!
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Hello\n\n Boy that's a difficult question and one I am also going through right now with my mother.  I don't think anyone is going to be able to answer this for you and your family, you all know your mom the best.  I can only tell you what we have done.  My mother knows she has lung and heart problems but she really doesn't understand the severity of the problems.  The last time she was hospitalized she had to be put on life support, and the doctors told us she has about 6 months. She is terrified of doctors and hospitals and worries about dying.  She's been really sick for years now.  As a family we decided not to tell her what the doctors said because she gets so scared and we want her to get the most out of the time she has left without being scared and worring all the time.  So only your family knows enough about how your mother to make this decision.  Is she the kind of person who would want to get her affairs in order or would it only add to her suffering.  I hope this helps some. Good luck and God bless.
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If I were you, I would talk to a lawyer. The doctors wouldn't sign the death certificate because it was apparently an "unattended death," which could just prove your point in court. There is a time limit on how long you have after this sort of incident, to file a law suit.
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i'm not a physcian, but i work with them in the icu and i have a few suggestions.  they should be patient and work well under pressure, when there is an emergent situation they should be able to handle it calmly and correctly, and they should also be able to work well with nurses and respiratory therapists(that's me) and be open to suggestions from others