“You’re doing it again.”
doing what?
” I don’t disagree with any of what you write”
Great. that is ok. People dont have to disagree. I’m not sure why that is a problem.
” but it is NOT an answer to the claim you are tying it to. ”
I’m not sure what claim you think it is tied to. (I posted it in repsonse to ” whats the big deal?”) This is a thread about DNR’s against patient’s wishes (see the OP) . My point is that By choosing one patient over another, then by definition you are making the patient you don’t tend to DNR even against his/family wishes.
“. You cannot make a comment that a doctor subscribes to letting old people go to save the resources for young people based on a situation that does not in any way illustrate that point”
It depends on how you define resources. If time is a resource then it is an example. If not not you dont have to agree with said example. Again though that wasnt what this thread is about if you dont think time counts as a resource fine then this isnt an example.
. You are bringing “supporting evidence” that describes an in the moment need to address two individuals, viable and not viable, and chosing viable with deciding to leave supplies in the storage room just in case a younger person happens to need it. ”
Sadly it isnt “just in case” It is for a certainty. See The Teshuva by Rabbi Shechter .
“For example, viable vs non viable (your scenario) does not mean old vs young.”
Without question this is true. though in tends that way. but you are of course correct.
” There was no such young person there at the time.”
I’m sorry to hear about that unacceptable incident. but is not the situation we face today.
“THAT is an example of letting the elderly go to save resources for the young.”
This thread is not about ” letting elderly go to ave the young ” it is about making a patient. DNR against their wishes. My quoting Eli was NOT to say he was “letting elderly go to save the young” ( again that isnt the topic of this thread) I quoted him to dispell this notion that blood is being banked for later, and items being “left in storage” there are 2 cardiac arrests an hour tending to those alone would leave no time for anything else. There is no room in the ER, patients are kept in chairs. Yet some people are under the impression that they “leave supplies in the storage room just in case …” THAT was what I was trying to dispell.