cardio-pulmonary

• “The physician apparently believes she obtained informed consent for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation efforts, intubation maintenance and indefinite ventilator support.”

  The Huffington Post: Barbara Coombs Lee: Palliative Care Information Act at the Bedside: Achieving Truly Informed Consent

• “A few years ago, Compassion & Choices stepped in after providers at a California hospital administered full cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to 82-year old Margaret Furlong in violation of her advance directive.”

  The Huffington Post: Barbara Coombs Lee: Health Care Decisions Day: Make it Matter

• “Pretend the person next to you is going into cardiac arrest, and you have to save him through cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.”

  The Washington Post: Before you check the College Board for your SAT scores

• “It was all jolly good fun, and semi-aerobically beneficial to my cardio-pulmonary systems, what with the jumping and the yelling.”

  The Huffington Post: Ellis Weiner: Tea Party Animals

• “When an 82-year old woman like Margaret Furlong receives full cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in violation of her Advance Directive, and endures ten days of intensive care despite squeezing her son's hand to communicate her desire to have her hands untied and machines discontinued, that is elder abuse.”

  The Huffington Post: Barbara Coombs Lee: Everyday Elder Abuse

• “The couple both earned licenses to teach cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.”

  USA Today: Jobless couples manage to find holiday spirit

• “Patients with chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma should take special precaution to avoid exposure to ash particles and be aware that the use of any respirator other than single-use (disposable) respirator may cause additional cardio-pulmonary stress.”

  Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Health and Mitigation Strategies

• “Power generation continues for up to 48 hours following cardio-pulmonary shut-down, and auto-deployed embalming sachets delay the corpse/shelter's putrification until well after her owner's rescue.”

  Ned Goldreyer: Super Pets Last All Winter Long

• “And, given my now preexisting condition, I simply could not obtain insurance that would not exclude anything that might be presumed by an insurer as remotely related to that preexisting condition; even cardio-pulmonary care, and certainly everything abdominal, would be excluded.”

  Nearly two in the morning folks, final call.

• “The neurocognitive effects of cardio-pulmonary bypass goes far beyond what you want to discuss here today.”

  Newsweek: Get Well, Bill

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