April 14, 2019
Full Code for Patients That Have No Chance
Mr. Jones was sick. You could tell from across the room. He was shriveled like a prune and was moaning like a goat. As the paramedics unloaded him onto the gurney, I asked one of them for his vitals and my hunch was confirmed. “Blood pressures are about 70 over palp, heart rates in the 130s, and we couldn’t really get an oxygen…