A New and Safer Approach to End-Of-Life Care
Rushing with electric paddles towards a 55-year-old woman in cardiac arrest, Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi...Read More The post A New and Safer Approach to End-Of-Life Care appeared first on FabOverFifty.com.
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Rushing with electric paddles towards a 55-year-old woman in cardiac arrest, Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi, a young intern, was stopped by a nurse flashing a piece of paper. “No, don’t shock her. She’s a DNR, she’s a DNR,” the nurse shouted. DNR means Do Not Resuscitate. “I thought I was a good intern, but I became paralyzed, and didn’t know what to do,” Dr. Mirarchi remembered. “A cardiologist who was...
