Gavin Perkins is Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick. He is an Honorary Consultant Physician at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust where he works as a critical care doctors and chairs the Trust Resuscitation Committee. He is Chairman of the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Committee and Co-Director of Research for the Intensive Care Foundation.
The issue of resuscitation was recently brought to the fore, following the case of a man with Down’s Syndrome, who was issued with a Do Not Resuscitate order without consent from either himself or his family. The case throws up some interesting questions, particularly the circumstances under which a do not resuscitate decision might be considered.
By Gavin Perkins | Health, Notebook | Monday, 24 September 2012 at 10:41 am
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