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does anyone feel there should be a time limit on how long a person can stay on life support I.E. week, month,year, ten years... I think there should. If there is no hope, then why put them on. If there seems to be some hope, I say a month to see if they get better or worse. If no progress then maybe it's time for the family to let go of hopeful wishes. it depends on the situation...if the doctor feels there is no brain activity...i would say week the very most Agreed. If the brain is fried why wait. If it's me, disconnect ... No, I think that is up to the patient (if they made their wishes known to family) or up to the family themselves if the wishes werent known to them. Everyone should have a living will specifying their request for life support or not. After a self-inflicted gun shot to the chest, my husband was removed from life-support after 11 days. Long enough for us to see if he would "come around"...long enough to know for sure he was brain dead....I think we waited long enough...and I think it's ridiculous to let ANYONE linger on life support more than that...let them go and be with God |
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They have him on a breathing machine to keep him alive. Rules vary depending on where you live. Usually the family can make the decision to remove life support. Paramedic in SC ...the life support machine technically breathes for you when your heart cannot do it. When taken off life support, the heart will slow down and stop and the person will slowly pass away OR the heart ... Cost is $2000-$3000 a day (See link to article below) And in answer to your other questions, it depends on the extent of injuries the patient has/had to their recovery and the quality of life after... I dont know how to get that answer since it is ever changing, but I would answer 'Too many' ...if it was me and a parent of mine it would all depend on whatever they have said about things like this in the past... I know my dad would not like to have been 'kept alive' by machines s... Life support means that the person could not sustain life on his own without the help of one or more machine. It does not necessarily mean that he is already dead; though someone CAN be brain dead ... Life Support is just that. It is any thing that a person needs to keep them living if they are unable to eat or breathe on their own. If removing the feeding tube or taking a person off a venti... I am very sorry to hear about your mother. I agree with the other poster. It is time to sit down with her doctor(s) and have a serious discussion about your goals for your mother's care. Ar... |
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