Steve Meek <[log in to unmask]>typed
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> der, obviously. Hence the need for the directive to accompany the
> patient wherever they are in the uk or world.
> Helen Deborah Vecht <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Steve Meek typed
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> > why would a patient organised enough to have such a directive come to
> > ED in a situation where we might feel pressured to start resus very
> > early?
> They could, for example, collapse in a public place.
> AFAIK there is no law confining people with hopeless prognoses into
> their own homes.
Indeed. I suspect people might still get separated from paperwork if
involved in an RTC etc. This is why I'm suggesting wrist bands or
similar.
It is unrealistic to expect people to take sheaves of paperwork with
themselves on every outing.
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Helen D. Vecht: [log in to unmask]
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