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when I was in the army one of the guys got his penis stuck in a glass milk bottle. We all played rock, paper, scissors to work out who was going to smash it off :rofl: I haven't come across anything on road yet but one of my colleagues attended a couple the other day where the gentleman was...

Shocking but true. The treating physician makes decisions about patient care. Those tricky decisions such as turning off life support etc go before an ethics committee at the hospital. A family member or next of kins wishes are considered but have no legal standing.

My post about suing was in regards to the law here. Unless a family member has a signed medical power of attorney then they can't make a decision regarding the health care of their other family members. So regardless of what they say, scream or do it is the right of the patient to not have...

I don't know if it is the same in the USA as Australia but what condition does he have the DNR for? I mean if he has cancer and doesn't want to be resus'd if he arrests as a complication to his cancer it is different to if he arrests due to a FBAO. If the DNR order is valid and witnessed...

Thanks mate, Australia pre-hospital is a completely different system and culture than the USA but there are still people on here that will have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

Ok, the patient was born at 27 weeks gestation and this was his first day at home (poor guy was 7months old). He had an overactive pancreas that was secreting too much insulin so they removed 95% of it leaving him with the remaining 5% that was still producing too much. We allowed mum to...

First time post so happy to fill in the blanks as needed: You are dispatched to a 7mo old pt who has pulled out his PEG tube. On arrival the mother is distraught and panicking and explains that the pt has pulled out their PEG tube and requires constant feeding to maintain their blood sugar...