Patients
This 15-year-old spent more of his life in the hospital than out of it.
Who is Patrick Dismuke?
What is it called when newborns are born extremely early and required specialized care.
What are premature newborns?
The length of each chapter the duration of this time period.
What is one month
This Texas city is where Hermann Hospital is located.
What is Houston?
This group at Hermann Hospital deliberated on life support and treatment.
What is the Institutional Ethics Committee?
This adult became a quadriplegic after being shot in the neck.
Who is Armando Dimas?
This condition leaves a person unable to digest food due to missing nerve cells in the intestines.
What is Hirschsprung’s disease?
This happens when Patrick’s central line begins interfering with his heart’s electrical signaling.
What are heart palpitations and trouble breathing?
This is the term for not attempting resuscitation if someone’s heart stops.
What is DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)?
This woman served as chair of the ethics committee.
Who is Lin Weeks?
This tiny newborn weighed about a pound and fought to survive.
Who is Taylor?
This severe spinal injury left Armando unable to walk.
What is a C-1 spinal cord injury?
Near the end, this organization brings pilots to fulfill one patient’s last wish when he can’t attend an event.
What is the Make-A-Wish Foundation?
The book highlights that decisions in medicine often balance ethics with this practical factor.
What is cost of care?
This role on the committee was held by the hospital’s lawyer.
Who is Randy Gleason?
This person had spina bifida and appears in cases discussed in the book.
Hint: Spine
Who is Landon?
This neurological disorder affected at least one of the committee member’s children mentioned in auxiliary materials.
What is cerebral palsy?
In later events, this complication forced another difficult choice about continued treatment for Taylor.
What is kidney (renal) failure?
This disorder, affecting the digestive tract, afflicted Patrick.
What is Hirschsprung’s disease?
This is the room number where the committee frequently met.
What is Room 3485?
This premature newborn twin survived with intensive care at Hermann Hospital.
Who is Jake?
This birth defect in the book affects the formation of the spine and nervous system.
What is spina bifida?
This month’s chapters show Patrick choosing IV nutrition over surgery when faced with another risky operation.
What is October?
This drug used on Patrick was nicknamed by patients as “Shake and Bake.”
What is amphotericin B?
The DNR protocol that the committee recommended allows focus on comfort care. (It's one of two protocols)
What is Supportive Protocol II?