There is that. I want to be trussed up like an Incan bare assed naked, then rolled into a hole someplace out in the woods.
Advance directives for health care
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A good friend of mine owns a funeral home. I will have to ask him what the weirdest burial he has ever executed.
I illegally placed my mothers ashes in Shenandoah national park. Wanted to make sure it wasn't a spot that was going to be a Walmart some day.
I illegally placed my mothers ashes in Shenandoah national park. Wanted to make sure it wasn't a spot that was going to be a Walmart some day.
My father's ashes went into Greenwood Lake, my mother's into the Charles River just where it is joined by the Mine Brook.
There are body farms out there that will use your remains for decomposition studies.
The FBI runs one not too far from here.
UVA has a biomech lab down the road that tests things like body armor on corpses.
Huh, that's some seriously cool stuff. I had no idea.
I've thought about both of these. Surely my medical history and all the metal in my body would make for a more exciting study?
Not to mention the Neanderthal biology.
And the extra chromosome!
I have one. just make sure your friends and family know that you do and where to find it. Keep a copy in your home so if the FD or Medics get called it can be presented before transport and that it goes with you to the hospital, do not rely on anyone procuring an electronic copy in the heat of the moment. Once you are hooked up to tubes no one is going to pull them without a direct court order.
My lawyer said a common place to leave these documents is in a chest freezer. They are fireproof and apparently, first responders know to look there.
No we don't, That said out here on the west coast those are rare. And I cannot say that in all my years as a fire fighter then as an ambulance guy we were ever trained to look anywhere for documents. We rely on the patient or family to let us know they exist and to present them. In an emergency we are in load and go mode and we don't waste time going through files or freezers. That's just my experience on the front lines.
My old man was a first responder, and we had a chest freezer. This is the first I've ever heard of that. The only thing that went in the freezer was groceries.
And old Aunt Effie, as I recall...
This is a good thing. Would want an errant 911 call to result in discovery of my hooker head collection.
I have docubank which has all of my directives and POAs. The card which clearly states directives on it sits behind my drivers license. One phone call and you'll have everything you need as a medical professional, including current medical records. Worth the $35/yr imho.
Ok here are the California rules that I, as an EMT understand them. Unless we are presented a signed harcopy of a POLST, Advanced directive, etc at the time we arrive we are to perform all treatments that are within our scope of practice until such documents are presented to us.
The medical-industrial complex.
it's the fucking Lawyers
When I was caring for my mother in home hospice style I had DNR orders posted on her bedroom door and strapped to the bed.
Interesting. Our documents are all scanned, hard-copy documents. No electronic signatures.
Holy shit. That is an incredibly obscure, yet totally relevant reference. My hat is off to you madam.
This is why I salt mine and keep them in the crawl space.
perhaps a tattoo stating "if i'm not enjoying life let me go" would suffice?