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tgoingtohappen.
whileigivethistalk,inthenext10minutes,ahundredmillionofmycellswilldie,andoverthecourseoftoday,2,000ofmybraincellswilldieandnevercomeback,soyoucouldarguethatthedyingprocessstartsprettyearlyinthepiece.
anyway,thesecondthingiwanttosayaboutdyinginthe21stcentury,apartfromit'
sgoingtohappentoeverybody,isit'
sshapinguptobeabitofatrainwreckformostofus,unlesswedosomethingtotryandreclaimthisprocessfromtheratherinexorabletrajectorythatit'
scurrentlyon.
sothereyougo.that'
sthetruth.nodoubtthatwillpissyouoff,andnowlet'
sseewhetherwecansetyoufree.idon'
tpromiseanything.now,asyouheardintheintro,iworkinintensivecare,andithinki'
vekindoflivedthroughtheheydayofintensivecare.it'
sbeenaride,man.thishasbeenfantastic.wehavemachinesthatgoping.there'
smanyofthemupthere.andwehavesomewizardtechnologywhichithinkhasworkedreallywell,andoverthecourseofthetimei'
veworkedinintensivecare,thedeathrateformalesinaustraliahashalved,andintensivecarehashadsomethingtodowiththat.certainly,alotofthetechnologiesthatweusehavegotsomethingtodowiththat.
sowehavehadtremendoussuccess,andwekindofgotcaughtupinourownsuccessquiteabit,andwestartedusingexpressionslike"
lifesaving."
ireallyapologizetoeverybodyfordoingthat,becauseobviously,wedon'
t.whatwedoisprolongpeople'
slives,anddelaydeath,andredirectdeath,butwecan'
t,strictlyspeaking,savelivesonanysortofpermanentbasis.
andwhat'
sreallyhappenedovertheperiodoftimethati'
vebeenworkinginintensivecareisthatthepeoplewhoseliveswestartedsavingbackinthe'
70s,'
80s,and'
90s,arenowcomingtodieinthe21stcenturyofdiseasesthatwenolongerhavetheanswerstoinquitethewaywedidthen.
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80sand'
90s.
sowekindofgotabitcaughtupwiththis,andwehaven'
treallysquaredwithyouguysaboutwhat'
sreallyhappeningnow,andit'
sabouttimewedid.ikindofwokeuptothisbitinthelate'
90swhenimetthisguy.thisguyiscalledjim,jimsmith,andhelookedlikethis.iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehim.hisisthelittlehand.iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehimbyarespiratoryphysician.hesaid,"
look,there'
saguydownhere.he'
sgotpneumonia,andhelookslikeheneedsintensivecare.hisdaughter'
shereandshewantseverythingpossibletobedone."
whichisafamiliarphrasetous.soigodowntothewardandseejim,andhisskinhistranslucentlikethis.youcanseehisbonesthroughtheskin.he'
svery,verythin,andheis,indeed,verysickwithpneumonia,andhe'
stoosicktotalktome,soitalktohisdaughterkathleen,andisaytoher,"
didyouandjimevertalkaboutwhatyouwouldwantdoneifheendedupinthiskindofsituation?
"
andshelookedatmeandsaid,
"
no,ofcoursenot!
ithought,"
okay.takethissteady."
andigottalkingtoher,andafterawhile,shesaidtome,"
youknow,wealwaysthoughtthere'
dbetime."
jimwas94.(laughter)andirealizedthatsomethingwasn'
thappeninghere.therewasn'
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now,iworkinacutecare.thisisjohnhunterhospital.andithought,surely,wedobetterthanthat.soacolleagueofminefromnursingcalledlisashawandiwentthroughhundredsandhundredsofsetsofnotesinthemedicalrecordsdepartmentlookingatwhethertherewasanysignatalltha