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Who would make the decision to refuse ventilator support to a patient?

April 26, 2017decision patient refuse support ventilator

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Who would make the decision to refuse ventilator support to a patient?

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Hospitals will identify a process and will designate supervising physicians who will act as triage officers. These supervising physicians will take responsibility for triage decisions. Physicians providing individual patient care will not determine ventilator allocation.