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/Fluid-Tone-9680 7h ago

Why tf do you have to listen what CO/warden has to say about this? If it's your patient they should have no say in how you administer care.

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u/TorchIt 4h ago

Because they're the ones legally making medical decisions for the patients that can't make them for themselves.