re: #428 Charles
The way things are going, we may have to require everyone to wear those “MedicAlert” metal bracelets that have important medical info on them for emergency workers to see.
For example, I have an elderly relative who has allergies to certain medicines and who doesn’t want her organs donated. She also has passed out due to blood pressure problems. She now wears an official bracelet tag with instructions on what medicines she cannot take and what to do with her organs — in case she falls into a coma, is unconscious, or dies.
If everybody had such bracelets, there wouldn’t be so much uncertainly. People could say “Revive at all costs” or “Don’t unplug me bro!” or, alternately, “Do not revive” or “No extraordinary measures to keep me going, please.” That way, no one has to guess about each patient’s intent or wishes.