Combat Healers

[amitdoc_20]

Good evening ladies and Gentlemen!Had a query .Is it morally/ethically wrong to perform CPR in a Found Dead patient having clinically evident right mortis and endorse the same in medical case sheet.The intent was to doubly ensure that patient was actually dead and moreover it was out of concern for the patient very well knowing that it was of no use.I mean is it something of a nature that Ur boss Shud insult you.Pls guide.l

[macawake, MSN]

Good evening ladies and Gentlemen!Had a query .Is it morally/ethically wrong to perform CPR in a Found Dead patient having clinically evident right mortis and endorse the same in medical case sheet.The intent was to doubly ensure that patient was actually dead and moreover it was out of concern for the patient very well knowing that it was of no use.I mean is it something of a nature that Ur boss Shud insult you.Pls guide.l

Hmmm... If a patient had been alive or had been in a condition where CPR might actually have been useful, a patient would likely appreciate that other people felt concern for him. However due to his "right mortis" I'm pretty sure he was way past appreciating anything and that wasn't about to change.

I don't really understand your post, are you having spell check/autocorrect issues? How did my (your?) boss insult me? Did you mean instruct? No, my "boss" would never instruct me to perform CPR on a patient with rigor mortis, assuming we were sure that's what we were dealing with (and you normally would be).

Rigor mortis occurs postmortem and is a sign of death so if I knew it was present, I wouldn't personally perform CPR as an extra "check".

OP, your other post says you're a "col". Colonel? And a "Dr"? What kind of doctor? MD?? If so, I'm even more puzzled by your questions...

Of course I can't comment specifically on any real case/incident. I'm operating under the assumption that this is a rather strange hypothetical ethics questions, and my comments are general.