As this video points out, many TV depictions of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) avoid the brutality of CPR. The heart is roughly 2 inches below the skin; compressions need to be hard and can easily break ribs, cause liver lacerations…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…