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Originally Posted by rubicon
My wife is on an AED team and I suspect many others also reading this thread. If anything it will provide an opportunity for discussion at their AED future training meetings.
Personally, I believe the scenario just over complicates a process whose intent is providing emergency assistance and if I were an AED participant I would error in favor of saving someone because I can't help but believe that when faced with such a reality many more would welcome a little more living time than not and cannot envision a person you saved saying who asked you to intervene"
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I disagree. I have talked about longevity many many times on this website, and my desire to live to 100+ in good health, and no one ever said they thought it was a good idea to live longer - not one person! All comments were to the effect that I should not prolong the inevitable, that we all have to die sooner or later. And I was talking about living longer in good health!
So here we are, talking about someone who is in such bad health that they have a DNR order signed by a doctor. Under that circumstance would you take it upon yourself to resusitate? Why would you think they want to live longer if they have a DNR order.