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Y'all do this often?
I had a patient in my last shift, elderly, multiple comorbidities, non-verbal at baseline and came in in severe respiratory distress, looking like she was at death's door. Family told me they wanted everything done even if that involved cracking her sternum and ribs and placing her on a vent where she would likely never come off it. The son said he just wasn't ready yet to say goodbye to his mother. We ended up intubating her and while waiting for her to go up to the ICU, she coded. I had the idea of bringing the family in so they could watch what a full code meant, but the medicine resident that had spoke with the family at length thought they could not handle it, so I deferred to his opinion. We unfortunately ended up achieving ROSC on this poor woman. Luckily, however, the family saw her condition afterwards and decided to make her DNR.
I had a patient in my last shift, elderly, multiple comorbidities, non-verbal at baseline and came in in severe respiratory distress, looking like she was at death's door. Family told me they wanted everything done even if that involved cracking her sternum and ribs and placing her on a vent where she would likely never come off it. The son said he just wasn't ready yet to say goodbye to his mother. We ended up intubating her and while waiting for her to go up to the ICU, she coded. I had the idea of bringing the family in so they could watch what a full code meant, but the medicine resident that had spoke with the family at length thought they could not handle it, so I deferred to his opinion. We unfortunately ended up achieving ROSC on this poor woman. Luckily, however, the family saw her condition afterwards and decided to make her DNR.