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Official Patient and Family website of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Questions for the Doctor 
 
All questions are from the patient's perspective.
 
red dot  What is the plan today?
 
red dot  How will I know if the plan worked?
 
red dot  Is there anything that will be done today that will hurt or cause me suffering?
 
red dot  How will I be able to speak if there is a tube is in my throat?
 
red dot  How long will I need this tube (any tube)?
 
red dot  How long will I need to be on the breathing machine (or other technology)?
 
red dot  Explain to me what is meant by "doing everything".
 
red dot  What is wrong with me?
 
red dot  Can what is wrong with me be cured?
 
red dot  How will what is wrong with me affect my life?
 
 

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