Forms: Advance Health Care Directive, Covid-19 Addendum, And POLST
Advance Health Care Directive Form Covid-19 Advance Health Care Directive Addendum Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
First Conference on Clinician Training for Medical Aid in Dying
The conference was held in Berkeley, CA on 2/13-15/2020. Some things discussed: Drug protocols Dr. Shavelson, in conjunction with anesthesiologist Carol Parrot, have researched why some people - ‘outliers’ take so long to die. They have developed a list of…
Awareness During CPR
Zdogg relates a case of a 69 year old man who was subjected to 90 minutes of high-quality CPR during an ordeal in the hospital where he ultimately could not be saved due to his massive aortic dissection. The patient…
End of Life Choices
You have the right (in the U.S.): To be fully informed and involved in decisions about your medical care, including end of life care To refuse or withdraw unwanted medical treatment, including food and fluids. This may be difficult to…
Draft Addendum to Advance Health Care Instructions v 8 (addresses cognitive impairment)
You may consider adding wording similar to the below to your advance directive ( you DO have one, right ?) if you are concerned about being kept alive with severe cognitive impairment. I am not afraid of death, which will…
What Does That DNR Really Mean? with Dr. Fred Mirarchi
ZDoggMD talks with emergency room physician Dr. Fred Mirarchi about misconceptions healthcare providers often have about living wills/POLSTS. Both doctors make a distinction between witnessed and unwitnessed cardiac arrests.
Do Not Resuscitate Orders In An Operating Room Setting
Many health care institutions have practices and policies which automatically suspend do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders when patients go to the operating room. Read more about DNR during surgery.
When wishes are not respected at end of life
David Wood, MD, the Chief Medical Officer at Beaumont Health, describes the challenging experience he faced as the surrogate decision maker for his father at the end of life. "It's a casacade." People kept saying "he'll get better." Video: 5.08…
You Can Be Legally Dead In One Place And Alive In Another
Cardiopulmonary death is the traditional way to declare someone absolutely dead, but about 50 years ago Harvard scientists came up with a new way to be dead - brain dead. Everyone agrees a brain death is death, but not everyone…
Preparing for Dementia and Avoiding Medically Futile Care
Video of HSSD general meeting.
A world-renowned expert (ThadPope) on many areas of health law & bioethics speaks about options and limitations for persons suffering from dementia.
Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment – POLST
A POLST form can save you from treatment during a medical emergency; a valid POLST is a medical order. EMTs can legally follow the wishes stated in a valid POLST. A POLST must be signed by a healthcare professional to…
The Event (2003) with Olympia Dukakis (U.S.)
The untimely event of an AIDS patient causes a criminal investigation.
Doctor Considers The Pitfalls Of Extending Life And Prolonging Death
Fresh Air, NPR - Jan. 30, 2017 Terry Gross talks with author of "Modern Death" and fellow in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Haider Warraic, about how medicine has changed the end of life. He talks about the…
An Impossible Choice
by Joanne Faryon - KPBS Morning Edition This page of video and audio gives you a glimpse of what it is like in California subacute units. One video talks with the wife a man who lived in nursing home for…
Faye Girsh’s Report of the April 2011 trial of the state of Arizona vs. Dr. Larry Egbert and Frank Langsner who were being tried for providing assistance to Phoenix resident Jana Van Voorhis who died after receiving information and support from the Final Exit Network
Day 1 -- Monday, April 4, 2011 Jury selection begins this morning in the historical case of Arizona vs Dr. Larry Egbert (who was the Medical Director for the Final Exit Network) and Frank Langsner (who was an Exit Guide…