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I was awakened by hotel staff that I had a phone call, it was an emergency and I was to contact my BIL.
I finally got hold of him and told him to authorize any treatment.
He did not have any other information other than the facility had contacted my sister and the facility doctor was concerned about some infection.
Well I was a nervous wreck for the next 14 days. I never heard anything more but in an email my BIL said everything was fine.
I got home...
My Husband was fine when I picked him up.
I got the bill a day or two later from the facility and the URGENT...EMERGENCY...that infection...Athletes foot!
So what the facility may see as an emergency or urgent might not be.
Don't stress about this, enjoy your time out of town. And if it is out of town not out of the country you can very easily be in contact with the facility.
I have to say though if I were in this situation and I was asked to step in in case of emergency i would feel uncomfortable making a decision without contacting you first. And I am sure that the facility or hospital would contact you before doing anything. (unless it were a true "life or death" decision and there were only minutes to spare. And while that makes for great TV it rarely happens in real life.
I would not ask anyone to be a medical POA for a person who has memory loss and I would not accept it either.
You are out of town, not really on another planet with communications today. I would keep control of all this. How can these other parties conceivably make decisions in all of this?
Provide emergency numbers where you are.
Be certain that all necessary DNR/No Code, precluded heroic measures are listed and scanned to MD charts.