They should inspect patients' belongings for advance directive documents or durable
do not resuscitate ("DDNR") orders and jewelry.
Megan had been issued a
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order without our knowledge or consent.
A "
do not resuscitate" order means that the hospital would not actively attempt to resuscitate the patients if their condition deteriorated and their life was threatened.
Hospitals in the West, on the other hand, are following the Arizona model and using purple for
do not resuscitate. Eastern states are following Pennsylvania and using blue, according to Fran Charney, the risk manager for the Holy Spirit Health System in Camp Hill, Pa., and one of the architects of uniform color coding in the Keystone State.
But Swansea City and County Council claimed there was never any '
do not resuscitate' policy at the school.
AN OAP has had the words "
Do Not Resuscitate" tattooed on her chest to ensure her intentions are known if she is taken ill.
The first phase of the study, which ultimately included 9,000 patients, simply looked at how well hospitals and caregivers observed DNR, or "
do not resuscitate," orders; provided pain-killers; and shared with patients and families decisions concerning such life-prolonging treatments as feeding tubes and mechanical ventilators.
The decision of a physician to place a
Do Not Resuscitate Order on a patients charts is a decision which engages medical, legal, and ethical issues.
Crockett takes on such issues as guardianship, how and when to name a health care proxy, and the vagaries of "
do not resuscitate" orders.
But suicide attempts by hospitalized patients with "
do not resuscitate" orders on their medical charts should be met by active resuscitation efforts unless recovery is unlikely, they suggest.