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2. Do not resuscitate - Wikipedia

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   A do-not-resuscitate order (DNR), also known as Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR [3]), no code [4] [5] or allow natural death, is a medical order, written or oral depending on the jurisdiction, indicating that a person should not receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if that person's heart stops beating. [5]

3. Allow natural death - Wikipedia

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   Allow Natural Death (AND) is a medical term defining the use of life-extending measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). These orders emphasize patient comfort and pain management instead of life extension. [1] Currently, American medical communities utilize "do not resuscitate," (DNR) orders to define patients' medical wishes ...

4. Slow code - Wikipedia

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   Some medical services centres have instituted policy banning the practice. [14]In 1987, New York became the first state in the United States to effectively end the practice by enacting legislation to require medical staff to honour a patient's refusal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a do not resuscitate order, and to grant civil and criminal immunity to those who do so or those who perform ...

5. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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   Because it is a service for the dying, a majority of hospice patients have a status of DNR, or do not resuscitate. A nurse from the Vitas inpatient unit later told a social worker from the hospital that Maples’ family had cancelled a standing DNR order on the day she left in the ambulance, according to hospital records.

6. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   The POLST form is usually on brightly colored paper that contains options for the individual depending on their health status. The POLST form generally has sections for the individual to decide whether or not they would want cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the preferred level of medical interventions, or whether they would want artificially administered nutrition.

7. No blanket do-not-resuscitate order during Covid, Swann tells ...

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   There was no blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in Northern Ireland during the Covid pandemic, former health minister Robin Swann has said. Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 ...