At 17:40 21/12/98 -0000, Simon Carley wrote:
>I was thinking more of the case when the patient actually died. No CPR in
>progress, ie. patient is an ex-patient.
>
>Simon Carley
>Anaesthetics / Intensive Care
>Stepping Hill Hospital
>Stockport
>England
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>From an moral point of view should we be transferring moribund or
terminally ill patients from ITU to ITU?
I'd be pretty cheesed off if any relative of mine "died" during a TRANSFER.
Fair enough dead on arrival or life extinct on scene but "we thought they
might die but we needed to move them anyway"?
Cheers,
Ian Hepworth
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