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I have decided I'd rather be smart with good instinct than beautiful and a size 7. I got to save a man's life last night with those traits. Also got to say a few cool things like "fire me" as I went around protocol because my gut said we didn't have time....not planned, just what i said I made what turned out to be very good judgement calls. It is amazing how fast someone can go from being "normal" to critical in the right situation.

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I have decided I'd rather be smart with good instinct than beautiful and a size 7. I got to save a man's life last night with those traits. Also got to say a few cool things like "fire me" as I went around protocol because my gut said we didn't have time....not planned, just what i said as I made what turned out to be very good judgement calls. It is amazing how fast someone can go from being "normal" to critical in the right situation.

Good for you,Blackribbon! In an emergency,the heroes are the ones who break the rules in order to get things done. Sometimes,the ends do justify the means.
 
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Do you see many people who have a DNR that are otherwise healthy people.

I have decided I'd rather be smart with good instinct than beautiful and a size 7. I got to save a man's life last night with those traits. Also got to say a few cool things like "fire me" as I went around protocol because my gut said we didn't have time....not planned, just what i said as I made what turned out to be very good judgement calls. It is amazing how fast someone can go from being "normal" to critical in the right situation.
 
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Do you see many people who have a DNR that are otherwise healthy people.

I only now have seen this question. I don't see very many DNRs period. I would be sad to see a DNR on a healthy person because it would be hard to stand back and not save someone who I believed could be saved and still have a life with quality. I have seen a few people who signed that in the hospital but I don't think the Residents really explained it properly...some were in for simple things like a colonoscopy and had children living at home. That DNR would prevent us from restarting a heart when it stopped for a fuke thing like an allergic reaction to the anesthetic.

I am more likely to NOT see DNRs on people who are so old and frail that my first compression would break their ribs, hurt them tremendously, and really...kill them. I have a current non-verbal patient whose whole body is so contracted (permanent state) that I don't know that I could even get to her sternum to attempt CPR and she is a "Full code". This is a decision based on a family that isn't going to let her die in dignity. Her family has also denied us using pain killers (including Tylenol) on her because they don't want her "all drugged up"...but if you saw the wounds I have to dress (and smelled them), you'd understand why I am upset. The patient can't talk but I see her grinding her teeth, her breathing going noisy, her eyes get an "evil eye" look, and she pinches anyone who gets close enough to her hands for her to grab onto whenever we change her dressings. She feels pain, I am sure of it.
 
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