remember my friend who has cancer? (see birth. school. work. death.)
I was visiting her in hospital yesterday. in a casual conversation with her nurse I learned something very interesting.
if a patient has given the hospital a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order, the patient is given a yellow bracelet.
some hospitals have taken to taping over LIVESTRONG bracelets (sold by the Lance Armstrong Foundation) on patients who wear them, and others insist the patient remove the LIVESTRONG bracelet entirely to avoid confusion in case of a catastrophic event such as heart stoppage.
just to confirm, i found this story on the AP wire:
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Hospitals covering over LiveStrong bracelets, fearing a deadly mix-up
Friday, December 10, 2004
10:59 PST TAMPA, Fla. (Associated Press)
A hospital chain is taping over patients' LiveStrong wristbands because they are yellow -- the same color as the "do not resuscitate" bands it puts on patients who do not want to be saved if their heart stops.
(for the rest of the story, click here)
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My son has been after me to find him one of these but so far they have not appeared in my normal activities. Perhaps it is just as well. Do they mention what kinds of problems the blue-state bracelets recently being produced by frustrated Democrats?
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