tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post5596604319016291987..comments2023-06-22T02:52:16.261-06:00Comments on Redwood's Medical Edge: Author Question: Refusing Medical TreatmentJordyn Redwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021715235725750286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-34588555170474757422012-03-26T19:49:25.358-06:002012-03-26T19:49:25.358-06:00Thanks for your comment, Amitha! Ramona...I'd ...Thanks for your comment, Amitha! Ramona...I'd love to have you guest post if you'd like about your hypothermia and what it was like.Jordyn Redwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021715235725750286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-19342035191754421702012-03-26T12:12:31.224-06:002012-03-26T12:12:31.224-06:00Carrie, as someone who has been hypothermic severa...Carrie, as someone who has been hypothermic several times, I would ask you resolve this condition before you have your character do much more than sit and blubber. Even a mild case leaves me disoriented and barely able to walk. The major case I had left me totally in the hands of people who saved my life. A mild case feels very similar to a serious sugar drop--slurred speech, inability to stop shaking, interferes with walking straight, or making decisions. When my first major attack happened, I was 30 feet underwater, and I had to be hauled out. My dive gear kept me from drowning. I shivered for a long time, and didn't totally pull out of it for several hours. It is a terrifying thing to happen, in part because your brain stops functioning in the way you know it should. <br /><br />Jordynn, if anyone wants to know what this feels like, feel free to send them my way.Ramona Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984501900647123844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-72661879513623714262012-03-26T10:16:08.860-06:002012-03-26T10:16:08.860-06:00Thanks for the help. I managed to get him out of t...Thanks for the help. I managed to get him out of the hospital, though not out of the woods. Not giving any more spoilers than that.CarrieVShttp://www.47-5.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-37614273389776004082012-03-26T09:38:54.822-06:002012-03-26T09:38:54.822-06:00Great question!
I totally agree with Jordyn. If t...Great question! <br />I totally agree with Jordyn. If this patient is truly concussed and "disoriented" then he can't really be deemed mentally competent enough to sign himself out. Perhaps if the patient were 17 versus 18 and an extremely competent-appearing guardian (or someone pretending to be his guardian...) signed him out? ED/EMS experts, would that help?<br /><br />Alternatively--I agree that you could try making him a lot less sick looking. There are a few situations where you could really *look* okay and end up not being okay after a few hours.Amithahttp://www.amithaknight.comnoreply@blogger.com