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Though there is wide variation in '''charades''' during family meeting, there are some common features:
 
Though there is wide variation in '''charades''' during family meeting, there are some common features:
  
#Players divided into teams (usually the medical team and the patient/family)
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#Players are divided into two or more teams (usually the medical team versus the patient/family)
#Scraps of paper are used to write the answers to be performed, such as "code status," "DNR," or "hospice"
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#Scraps of paper are used to write the answers to be performed, such as "[[Code Status|code status]]" or "[[DNR]]")
#No silent mouth of words or [[Death Rattle|death rattles]]
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#No silent mouthing of words allowed
#Pantomime used to get teammates to guess the right answer (hint: the right answer is always hospice)
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#No [[Death Rattle|death rattles]] allowed
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#Pantomiming is used to get teammates to guess the right answer, which is often [[Hospicillin|hospice]]
 
#Everyone gets one turn
 
#Everyone gets one turn
#A timer to ensure that other health care professionals, patients, and families can play
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#If the patient codes, then his or her turn is forfeited
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#A timer is used to ensure that other health care professionals, patients, and families can play
 
#If patient goes to hospice, the all teams win
 
#If patient goes to hospice, the all teams win
  

Revision as of 09:25, 4 July 2017

"Ohhh, I know, I know!!! It's DNR, right? Or DNI? Darn it!"

Charades is a game in which health care professionals, patients, and families discuss the very difficult topic of code status through a series of pantomimed clues.


Rules


Though there is wide variation in charades during family meeting, there are some common features:

  1. Players are divided into two or more teams (usually the medical team versus the patient/family)
  2. Scraps of paper are used to write the answers to be performed, such as "code status" or "DNR")
  3. No silent mouthing of words allowed
  4. No death rattles allowed
  5. Pantomiming is used to get teammates to guess the right answer, which is often hospice
  6. Everyone gets one turn
  7. If the patient codes, then his or her turn is forfeited
  8. A timer is used to ensure that other health care professionals, patients, and families can play
  9. If patient goes to hospice, the all teams win


Useful SIgnals


  1. Number of fingers held up indicates number of milligrams of Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)
  2. Tugging at earlobe means "otitis media"
  3. Pointing at eye means "remember your yearly eye exam"


Related Reading


- Code Status

- Death

- DNR/DNEye

- Eye Hospice

- Hospicillin

- Mortality Rate


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