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This is one of the problems with the Family Presence crowd. You frequently do not differentiate trauma from non trauma codes. They are very different scenarios. Also, I would not consider it appropriate to continue futile  resuscitative efforts on a dead patient just so the family could be paraded thru the Resus room to show them that "everything" was done.
 
Steve Smith 
 
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From: Ekuhnrn at aol.com
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Sent: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:44:58 EDT
Subject: Re: family presence


In a message dated 6/26/2005 5:08:21 PM Central Standard Time, 
flysurg at aol.com writes:
Do you do chest compresssions for the psychological benefit of the family? 
The trauma pt that receives chest compressions for a true arrest is DEAD. This 
pt should be decalred dead or his chest should be opened.
Yes, sometimes we do.  But I wasn't talking ONLY about trauma patients.

E Kuhn RN
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