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Originally Posted by 10fords
While we are on an unpleasant subject- If you do not already have a DNR (do not resuscitate) order, and you don't want to be put on life support, make sure you get it done, and done properly. If you don't then first responders and ALS are required by law to do everything humanly possible to keep you alive.
Having been involved in both scenarios I would definitely choose dying with dignity the way nature intended.
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Are you talking of a Medical POA or Living will? How does the first responder or ALS know whether you have the order or not unless you are in a nursing home where your charts are easily available, or so the theory goes. The numbnuts there quite often just dial 911 and don't even give report so the ER has to start from square 1. Wear a band is the answer. Or is it? You don't get to write a novel on that little strip. If you say DNR or No Tube Feeding, that is what they will do. Great. What if you don't want CPR under certain conditions but are ok with it under different conditions?
You choose whether to die in dignity or not. Nature chooses nothing. I have seen a lot of animals die in some horrible conditions.
Edit: I THINK that a way might be to put on your bracelet a statement about a living will or POA and state where it can be found.