[ExI] resusitation

[William Flynn Wallace]

The key is:  what are the odds that resuscitation brings me back to a life
worth living.  Heart attacks really don't count here.  Zap me back into
life and give me pills or a pacemaker and I am back to nearly normal.
Severe strokes count heavily:  if they affect my frontal lobes I won't be
the same person - maybe like having end stage Alzheimer's.  Who wants that
for a life?  Partly paralyzed I can handle.  All of which would be
discussed with the people on my list.

I assume calling 911 is equal to saying that I want to be resuscitated
asap.  Any decisions would be made later at the hospital after seeing what
good the emts did.

Legal question:  can a person with power of attorney make the hospital let
me go home even if I am in ICU?  I am guessing no physician would sign a
release form in that case.

bill w

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 2:51 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> >…Can't there be a form whereby we can legally defer our decision to a
> family member or friend, or just anyone we put on the list?   bill w
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> Hmmm, perhaps, but the family’s judgment might disagree with my own.  When
> I am in need of resuscitation, my money is their money.  I would opt to
> call in Alcor, they might opt to try to spend money they are going to need
> to keep my heart beating a little longer.  I lived, I had fun.  Now it is
> their turn.
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> I was in the hospital in December.  If being alive means being in that
> place, I want to save the money and let my family have that.
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