X-Message-Number: 25265
From: "Basie" <>
Subject: cryonics bracelet
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:26:41 -0500

What we need is a cryonic's bracelet. What color should it be?

Basie


Hospitals Cover Up LiveStrong Bracelets

TAMPA, Fla. - A hospital chain is taping over patients' LiveStrong 
wristbands because they are yellow - the same color as the "do not 
resuscitate" bands it puts on patients who do not want to be saved if their 
heart stops.

The popular LiveStrong rubber bracelets are sold through the Lance Armstrong 
Foundation as part of the champion bicycle racer's efforts to raise money 
for cancer research.

"It could be confusing, particularly in the situation of a code or a cardiac 
arrest where people have to think very quickly," said Lisa Johnson, vice 
president of patient services at Morton Plant Mease Health Care, which is 
part of the chain. "We wouldn't want to mistake a Lance Armstrong bracelet 
and not resuscitate someone we're supposed to."

Hospitals use colored bracelets to quickly tell doctors, nurses and other 
staff special instructions for certain patients. For example, at BayCare 
Health hospitals purple bands mean the patient is at risk of falling; red 
means the patient has allergies. Not all hospitals use the same coloring 
system.

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