Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) A+ GRADED

Is a copy of a DNR allowed? correct answers Yes, a copy will work as long as it is unaltered and intact. Once EMS starts resuscitation can we stop once we are presented the DNR or do we have to continue life saving measures? correct answers Stop. It's okay, let it go. If you are told that a patient has a DNR but there's no proof, what should you do? correct answers Start treatment and have someone call Medical Control. No proof, you save the poof. The daughter of a 95 y/o patient says "Save my momma!!!!!" The patient has a DNR with her daughter as acting power of attorney and she enacted the DNR but can't stand her mother dying. She rips up the DNR and says "Save my momma. I revoke the DNR!!!" again. What should you do? correct answers Save momma. If you don't know what to do, and it's a complex situation with the DNR...what should you do? correct answers Call medical control If the patient's power of attorney doesn't want resuscitation but there's no DNR, what do you do then? correct answers Call medical control You're transporting a patient with a DNR in your med unit. They die. What do you do? correct answers Continue transport to hospital to pronounce death. You're doing a facility transfer and a patient with a DNR dies in your med unit. What do you do? correct answers Continue to nearest hospital to pronounce death. You don't need to attach a copy of the DNR to the patient report. You can just confirm you saw it because hey! you're a paramedic after all. correct answers False, attach a copy Can we accept DNRs from out of state or in different languages? correct answers Yes, as long as there is no reason to question authenticity or you can translate language. Really though....call medical control. What is Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Order? correct answers An order that allows patients to direct health care professionals in the out-of-hospital setting to withhold or withdraw specific life-sustaining treatments in the event of respiratory or cardiac arrest Who is a health care professional? correct answers We are! The law defines healthcare professionals as physicians, nurses, emergency medical personnel and physician's assistants. What are those life-sustaining treatments that are prohibited? correct answers Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)