They Rush In, Our Hearts Break
ACD (Advanced Care Directive): They Rush In, Our Hearts Break: The trauma poisoning our final moments
“Breaking their ribs and inserting tubes is absolutely useless and horrible … it is a long 20 minutes. You feel physically sick; like you are abusing this person who died peacefully in their bed.
“It’s a flatline 99.99 per cent of the time. But if there is any rhythm change, even a flutter of a pulse, we must transfer them to hospital. They live their last maybe 24 hours with a broken body, then they die anyway … we have no control and would lose our job if we refused.”