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How does a “Do-Not-Resuscitate Order” (DNR) relate to a “living will”?

April 26, 2017DNR living will relate

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How does a “Do-Not-Resuscitate Order” (DNR) relate to a “living will”?

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• A “living will” is a legal document that permits you to state your wishes regarding life-support systems in the event that you are terminally ill or permanently unconscious and unable to communicate. It can provide that you want all available life supports, or, alternatively, that you wish to forego certain or all life supports. • A Do-Not-Resuscitate Order (DNR) reflects a doctor s instruction to staff and/or emergency medical technicians that cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should not be administered if you experience cardiac arrest. Any DNR order that is made should be consistent with the wishes that you express in your living will.