Discussion

Patient Life Support takes many forms and is required whenever the Patient is in danger of serious injury and/or death. The need for Life Support attaches to all Patients since Healthcare Triggers can cause Life-Threatening events at any time and may occur without warnings.

Certain Healthcare Events require Patient Life Support, e.g., post-operation recovery. This best-case scenario is further enhanced by the availability of Electronic Healthcare Records.

When a Patient is:

• unable to directly participate in the management and control of their Healthcare, e.g., language
• non-communicative for whatever reason, e.g., mentally incapacitated
• physically incapacitated, e.g., due to injuries
• beyond the reach of Healthcare Practitioners, e.g., Remote Medicine
• unresponsive or even defiant