I am sorry that you have this position, since modified versions of this triage process are used every day in every ER in the world. In these non-emergency times those in the greatest and most immediate need of medical attention go to the head of the line. In the case of an emergency involving a great shortage of medical resources, the triage procedure always has and always will operate the way discussed in this article. Those who do not like it are free to start their own hospital.
Guess she should've aborted him after all. Saved everyone the trouble.
We are no longer human in America.
Nine months of pregnancy - six of those months on bedrest. Quit college. Quit my job. Fifteen years of dedication. Teaching, loving, arguing with doctors... Five years of sleepless nights monitoring blood sugar. Watching him grow into a moral and beautiful young man. Watching a soul develop.
All for nothing.
Why don't you just come on over and put a bullet in his head if he's worth so little to you? But I'm sure he's not the only one... could get messy. I know! We'll build OVENS to dispose of the bodies! Much cleaner...
Sure, he's already saved one healthy, productive life, but how much more good could he *really* do? How much could he actually contribute to the State? After all, his immune system isn't quite perfect. He does have trouble keeping his blood sugars "just so". He still has to finish high school and go to college before he really has a Value as a Citizen. And he does burn up about $400 a month in medical expenses... and that Universal Health Care is a bit pricey. Perhaps we should look at the bottom line a little closer -
- instead of looking at the gift he offers humanity by just being HIM.
Now stop upsetting my mom! She thinks I'm dying ten times a day! lol!
I remember a war movie in which a doctor declined to treat an seemingly mortally wounded soldier, only to reconsider when he found himself staring down the barrel of the soldier’s buddy’s pistol.
If we find ourselves in such a dire situation, take your .45 to the hospital with your loved one. It might improve your loved one’s odds in triage.
I was trained in triage as a medic, and thank God never had to apply my training in the real world. One thing that will make you cynical about triage: health care workers go to the front of the line (got to have them fit to help care for the sick and wounded, don’t you know).
I would like to publicly apologize for my uncalled-for snarling attack of Lucius. Obviously the subject matter hit a nerve, but that is no excuse for a personal attack. What he said did not warrant such bitter sarcasm.
I guess that this gives people a good idea of what will happen if medical care is denied to the disabled just because they’re disabled. Good, rational people will turn into ravaging animals in less than a minute to protect the ones they love. In my case, a FReeper with an almost ten year track record of civility blew up at just the *thought* of this happening.