What's so ironic is we had to battle doctors who wanted to place my 92 year old FIL on a vent, even though his Living Will specifically stated that he did not want to have artificial means of respiration.
The man had MRSA and was incoherent from a number of strokes, and yet they kept insisting we put him on a vent.
We resisted, but I can't even explain the kind of pressure they were exerting: it was daily and for weeks.
I would bet he had good insurance.