Have been getting a bit lost down some Twitter rabbit holes since getting back from work today. It is a shame that DNR / treatment escalation limits seem to be poorly understood by a not insignificant proportion of people on here - some equivalences being drawn with eugenics

Can't work out if this reflects poorly on communication from our profession as a whole. Certainly doesn't help that a lot of these conversations only happen when someone is acutely unwell.

Last RT is an excellent thread about what ITU care involves, I'd strongly recommend that non-medical friends take a look. Ventilation, critical care and frailty will be the topic of innumerable news reports for a while - will serve you well to have a good grounding in the basics