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Tue Dec 20 10:34:56 GMT 2011

From: "KMATTOX at aol.com" <KMATTOX at aol.com>
To: trauma-list at trauma.org 
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 4:13 PM
Subject: CPR, Morality, Legality, Common Sense, EMS, Medical Control, 

If recognizing death is a"backwards" trait, then count me among the shaman of the distant past and 
the barber surgeons of the middle ages. 
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The fact is

That most EMS has, and obviously, in some parts, are still struggling with this
I still remember the time
The time that is NOW in still many places
Where ou would bring a dead branch at the ER
And they would attempt resuscitation (at least 30 min ;-)  )
Not giving a though to ethics, chances of outcome, chances of bleak prolonged miserable outcomes for the LUCKY 0,0001 survivors ! ! !
Still the E.R. work on them
Becaused 
. . . EMS worked on them

The biggest trouble on the case described
Is not NOT working it
But
Working it
AND stopping the futile Hail Mary Rx/Dx manoeuvres

Abstinence apparently beats Abortion ! ? 

Quite frankly, I was offended by the tenor of the post which prompted Dr. 
Gross to react in amazement. I would hope that for the wonderful 
knowledgeable people on this trauma list server, that the one comment calling us 
backward is an outlier, or was mere thrown out there to prompt discussion on 
a slow weekend.
The Op-Ed piece I wrote for the New York Times supporting the 
professionalism and the ethos of the EMS and Trauma System in the USA will be put on 
hold for the time being, until I re read it 10 times, and watch to see the 
continuing reaction to all of our backwardness.
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Backwarness, Backwarness, Backwarness,  (3 repeat - 3 times)

Boy I must have hit something in the nail
Did not realised that this many people had taken a position on the nail ! ! ?

Apologies

Charles

Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Houston      

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