|
DNR Order
|
|
|
| |
|
Do-Not Resuscitate Order
|
State regulations offer a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Comfort Care and Comfort Care Arrest Protocol as developed by the Ohio Department of Health. A DNR Order means a directive issued by a physician or, under certain circumstances a certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, that identifies a person and specifies that CPR should not be administered to the person so identified. CPR means cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but it does not include clearing a person's airway for a purpose other than as a component of CPR.
The DNR Comfort Care and Comfort Care Arrest Protocol lists the specific circumstances and actions that paramedics, emergency medical technicians, physicians or nurses will take when attending to a DNR Comfort Care or Comfort Care Arrest patient. The protocol also lists what specific actions will not be implemented.
You should talk to your doctor about the DNR Comfort Care and Comfort Care Arrest Order and Protocol options. | | |
|
|
|
|
|