Will your life be spared during a pandemic disaster?
A list devised by a task force of physicians from prestigious universities, medical groups, and military and government agencies was submitted as recommendations for patients whose lives won’t be spared or won’t be on the priority list for emergency treatment should there be a pandemic outbreak. These recommendations appear in the May edition of Chest, the medical journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. A pandemic occurs when an infectious disease hits large masses of populations and can even spread globally.
The list violates federal laws on age and disability discrimination, but seriously, who is going be running around trying to enforce these laws in the advent of a catastrophic national or potentially worldwide pandemic.
Here is a list of those who will not be on the priority list to be saved if we should experience a pandemic.
*Those older than 85.
* Those with severe trauma, which could include critical injuries from car crashes and shootings.
* Severely burned patients older than 60.
* Those with severe mental impairment, which could include advanced Alzheimer's disease.
* Those with a severe chronic disease, such as advanced heart failure, lung disease or poorly controlled diabetes.
Who do you think should be on THE list during a disaster? Realistically, everyone CANNOT be saved. It is a tough decision to make. Are you prepared for a disaster? In other words, are you healthy enough to survive a pandemic?
Reference:
http://www.chestjournal.org/
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
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