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How Dying Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Importance of De-Gloving

Five out of ten people in the United States will die in the intensive care unit. The way medical science is currently set up you are going to be treated most of the time uh up until the bitter end with lifesaving measures sure. You don't leave the hospital when you know you're dying and we keep doing stuff until you die. And therefore they need to think of things like I want to an advanced directive a living will, say no no do not put them on a ventilator or feeding tubes if they just want to go home. That's another big one Like they don't let you go back home especially if you can't speak for yourself.

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