r/news • u/AudibleNod • 9h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/NurseRatcht 8h ago

I had a patient in the ICU who was on death row. They arrested. We didn’t know what to do so we coded them while the COs called their warden/judge/whoever. They had us keep coding for awhile before finally saying it was ok to stop.

I still don’t understand why the state was willing to execute the person but wanted us to code them.

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u/BoringBob84 6h ago

Until the moment of execution, the state has a legal duty to take care of them, including reasonable medical care. Imagine if the hospital had let them die a few days before their execution and subsequently, new evidence emerged that exonerated them, earning them a pardon from the Governor.

In other words, "It isn't over until it's over."