Have you left instructions with friends or family on whether or not you want to be resuscitated? How much do you know about resuscitation and what it means and your chances of surviving? Would you like to be kept alive at all costs or is there a limit to what you want to keep you alive. For me it's about reversible causes and how long I've been without oxygen. If I arrest outside of hospital my chance of surviving is about 20% even with good cpr.
I wouldn't want my relatives to be too hasty in pushing me off just to get their hands on their inheritance.
Now or later? Just kidding. I guess it depends. If trump is still president then no way.
I choose Life, even in a vegetated state... As long there are no vegans to my care. Don't trust anyone that don't eat beef on a Friday. Wouldn't trust their judgment of what a vegetable is. "That is such a great storyline for a movie... vegans that eat humans on a vegetable state!" I know, my apologies to all vegans on this site. I am disgusting! But will make a great horror movie! Better than "Get Out". VEGGIES
Depends on what it's from. Drowning....yes. Electrical shock/heart attack....yes. Mortal illness when life is sustained by machines....no.
If drowned and within 15 mins, yes. All other cased, no.
Like you it depends on how I would be after. If gone too long with out oxygen to the brain too much chance of brain damage.
I did not realize the 20% number on out of hospital resuscitations. That being said, if I am healthy and an accident occurs then yes, I want the chance. If I’ll and hospitalized with a poor outlook, then no. During the final weeks of my husbands death, my step children and I all had to insist that my husbands directive be read and adhered.
I did not realize the 20% number on out of hospital resuscitations. That being said, if I am healthy and an accident occurs then yes, I want the chance. If I’ll and hospitalized with a poor outlook, then no. During the final weeks of my husbands death, my step children and I all had to insist that my husbands directive be read and adhered.
The death of a person necessarily implies life without purpose, and when life has no purpose, it has lessened value. We protect value by protecting human life, so this is not about wanting vs. not wanting. This is about truthfully and ultimately justifying human existence, even when it is not subjectively preferred.