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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who does operate this, a patient? A first responder? A nurse? ..[/quote]

National guard. [/quote]

Ok crazy question I know but could these be used at home?[/quote]

Theoretically, yes, but I wouldn’t pin my hopes on that.[/quote]

No my hopes are pinned on[b] a plush private ICU room at GW[/b] with well rested attendings, up-to-date med students and experienced nurses.

But seeing how other places are faring, I doubt that's in the cards, so as a family of asthmatics with a compromised infant, we may soon be reaching for the proverbial straws...[/quote]

Not all bad..
Cheer up.. even if you got there it could have been a very short trip..
Officials at George Washington University Hospital in the District say they ... of imposing a do-not-resuscitate order on [b]every coronavirus patient.[/b]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/25/coronavirus-patients-do-not-resucitate/[/quote]

It says they are going to be doing a modified procedure. It does seem like once you are flat lining from CV, reviving is unlikely to work... But I would still not want to by lying around with a DNR on my chest until iz was clear i was on the way out.[/quote]

The CV is tricky. It put GIGANTIC strain on lungs, hearts, kidneys.. and it is not that hard to have a heart problems in it at any age. Therefore if your heart would struggle and they call it quits you are cooked. Even if you could have easily live more just by restarting it. If they go umbrella DNR.. that would be a death sentence at any age in any situation.[/quote]

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