DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)- For

DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)- For

Patient Self- Determination Act

• The act that includes the Advice Directive giving patients the right to be involved in their health care decisions .
• 1991 it was passed by the federal government

Advance Directives / Physician Orders for Life- Sustaining Treatment

• Legal document
• POLST usually completed by the health care provider
• POLST is for those who are ill with life threats or illnesses.

Jamilah Pacheco

March 26, 2018

DNR Order

• Used primarily by people who are already critically ill and feel that they do not want treatment when close to death.
• Meant to allow patients to forget about CPR in the event of cardiac arrest and cannot be applied to any situation other than the cardiac arrest.

What is DNR?

Works Cited

DNR Laws

• A medical order written by the doctor
• Set up before any emergency or any serious illnesses.

• “Legal Implications and Ethical Considerations of ‘Do Not Resuscitate.’” Self-Insurance Programs, State University of Florida, flbog.sip.ufl.edu/risk-rx-article/legal-implications-and-ethical-considerations-of-do-not-resuscitate/.
• Braddock, Clarence H. “Do Not Resuscitate (DNAR) Orders.” Do Not Resuscitate Orders: Ethical Topic in Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2001, depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/dnr.html.
• “Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders.” Familydoctor.org, American Academy of Family Physicians , 4 Jan. 2018, familydoctor.org/advance-directives-and-do-not-resuscitate-orders/.
• “Do-Not-Resuscitate Order.” MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, US National Library of Medicine, Aug. 2014, medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000473.htm.

• A DNR order shall remain in effect unless revoked or unless an expiration date is specified in the document.
• Person who has a DNR order may choose to wear a bracelet indicating the existence of the order.
• A durable power of attorney shall remain in effect indefinitely unless order is revoked or unless an expiration date is specified in the document.

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

• This document allows a patient to name another person as the official speaker for the patient.

Thank You!

Living Wills

For- DNR

• Patient has right for self-determination
• Patient will no longer suffer
• Those who continue life may appear worse than death
• Don't want to see other be put on a machine and have others

watch you as you take your last breath or flat line.