What is a Pre-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate order and bracelet?
In Wisconsin you can obtain a Pre-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order and bracelet from your attending physician if you meet “qualifying criteria.” This DNR order and bracelet directs emergency medical technicians, first responders and emergency health care facility personnel not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on you if you suffer cardiac or respiratory arrest. 23. What are the qualifying criteria for a DNR order/bracelet? To qualify, the person must be someone who is 18 years or older and whom the physician does not know to be pregnant. The person must also be: terminally ill; have a medical condition that were the person to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful in restoring cardiac or respiratory function or the person would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure within a short period before death occurs;or have a medical condition that, were the person to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitating that person w
