There are literally people who do this all the time, anyway, for a variety of reasons. Just say I’m do not intubate. You get to decide how you die. On the vent or on a bipap, they don’t care. They are just happy to respect your wishes and honestly would rather not deal with the vent. Just do them a favor and say no CPR, too, because virtually no one survives that and that’s a actually a huge pain in the ass for everyone.
Intubation has its purposes and normal use (when it is appropriate) has a death rate of 27%. I'd use one in a regular situation if the doc thought it best. Now with a 90% death rate I'm going to get my shit and go home if that's all theyve got for me.
There are literally people who do this all the time, anyway, for a variety of reasons. Just say I’m do not intubate. You get to decide how you die. On the vent or on a bipap, they don’t care. They are just happy to respect your wishes and honestly would rather not deal with the vent. Just do them a favor and say no CPR, too, because virtually no one survives that and that’s a actually a huge pain in the ass for everyone.
Intubation has its purposes and normal use (when it is appropriate) has a death rate of 27%. I'd use one in a regular situation if the doc thought it best. Now with a 90% death rate I'm going to get my shit and go home if that's all theyve got for me.