Saw a miracle today.

[interwebgeek]

Originally posted by: Vich

Originally posted by: daveymark
this is why euthanasia should be legal (dons flamesuit)

I agree totally, no need to don your flamesuit

Has the patient actually said he/she wants to die?

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: interwebgeek

Originally posted by: Vich

Originally posted by: daveymark
this is why euthanasia should be legal (dons flamesuit)

I agree totally, no need to don your flamesuit

Has the patient actually said he/she wants to die?

Yeah, but since euthanasia isnt legal the only thing he could request was a DNR.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Nik
How is that a myracle?

No kidding. That's no miracle.

 

[Crescent13]

That's one Poor/Lucky Bastage.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot

Originally posted by: illusion88
What field are you in?
I'm an EMT and I hate getting patients with a DNR. It makes me feel useless, mostly because there isn't much I can do to ease their pain. I can't give any drugs or anything like that. All I can do is transport.

Seeing something like that must be hard.

Are EMT's allowed to give medications? When I was one we wern't allowed to give anything other than an epi-pen if a patient already had one.

Now I'm an Anesthesiologist and can give anything I want

EMT-P can (paramedic). I am just an EMT-B, so I can't. Well, I can give O2, and Nitrus if the pt has it, or epi pen.

Oh, don't forget Glucose or charcoal!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Nik
How is that a myracle?

No kidding. That's no miracle.

Yup. Miracle is watching bits and pieces of a brain tumor crumble out the nostrils of a man on his death bed in a hospital, dying of said tumor.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy this dude made it, but miracle is supposed to be scientifically impossible or something, right?

 

[DCFife]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Nik
How is that a myracle?

No kidding. That's no miracle.

Since the poor guy has requested DNR it seems more like torture.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: DCFife

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Nik
How is that a myracle?

No kidding. That's no miracle.

Since the poor guy has requested DNR it seems more like torture.

It was his choice to keep on trucking. And yeah, "reversing from a lethal dysrythmmia without any medical intervention except for human touch", which is NOT scientfically explainable, is pretty much of a miracle. Oh, and STFU, Nik.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: Slew Foot

Originally posted by: illusion88
What field are you in?
I'm an EMT and I hate getting patients with a DNR. It makes me feel useless, mostly because there isn't much I can do to ease their pain. I can't give any drugs or anything like that. All I can do is transport.

Seeing something like that must be hard.

Are EMT's allowed to give medications? When I was one we wern't allowed to give anything other than an epi-pen if a patient already had one.

Now I'm an Anesthesiologist and can give anything I want

EMT-P can (paramedic). I am just an EMT-B, so I can't. Well, I can give O2, and Nitrus if the pt has it, or epi pen.

Oh, don't forget Glucose or charcoal!

what's nitrus? oh wait emt-b...nevermind

the number of spelling errors in this thread is amazing.

The human body will react by itself under conditions that will result in death.

Human touch is a sort of quasi-proven device. I believe in it. However, I don't think it can be just anyone or any kind of touch.

I also believe in euthanization if asked for prior to medical duress.

 

[shimsham]

how old is this man?