Does the US have the concept of DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)?

djoldman 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes.

If one lives in the US and feels strongly about it, they should file an Out-of-Hospital DNR and POLST with every local hospital. Also consider wearing or carrying official bracelets/necklaces (varies state to state).

I'm neither a lawyer nor a doctor. :)

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netsharc 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There was a "culture war" (the rightwing government intervening due to religious reasons) in the 2000's involving a "DNR"-esque case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case

	▲	ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Let us not forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ann_Quinlan And also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahi_McMath_case But it is disingenuous to invoke "rightwing government", when a Franciscan friar was sneaking into the hospital trying to feed a starving woman [Terri], who was so hated by her husband that he would take extreme measures to get rid of her. I have found it quite elusive to get a DNR properly executed. I could do all the other Advance Directives from home, and I could get them notarized without issue. But in my state, a DNR must be printed on a special hue of orange paper, and shit, if that isn't the most difficult step... Also there are probably at least 12 facilities where it'd need to be filed, because who knows where the EMTs would haul me off to, around here. There are so many health care systems, not to mention the BH ones, which are quasi-medical.

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glimshe 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes