Medical Memento
Mar. 5th, 2003 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaI've just had this news story pointed out to me by my boss. [Short version: elderly woman gets "Do not resuscitate" tattoo.]
Now, the 'no under 16s' signs outside tattoo parlours always say "except for medical reasons". Does anyone know how common this actually is? Although I know a few people who have potentially life-threatening conditions, none of them have tattoos to ensure this information is read... though a couple of them do wear those SOS Talisman necklaces.
Now, the 'no under 16s' signs outside tattoo parlours always say "except for medical reasons". Does anyone know how common this actually is? Although I know a few people who have potentially life-threatening conditions, none of them have tattoos to ensure this information is read... though a couple of them do wear those SOS Talisman necklaces.
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Re: Eh?
Date: 2003-03-05 04:23 am (UTC)Suppose we assume for the moment that this is correct, and the mechanism works
And suppose we assume for a separate moment that it doesn't, and that there are either false positives (i.e., it is possible to use the defibrillator for amusing cartoon hair-stand-on-end moments) or false negatives (i.e., some poor bastard is going to die because the defibrillator refuses to work)...