What is an Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order?
Inappropriate or unwanted CPR in the hospital is prevented by writing a Do Not Resuscitate order. In the nursing home, home care or other non-hospital setting, an Out of Hospital DNR order must be completed if you wish to prevent emergency medical personnel from performing CPR at the time of death. This type of advance directive is especially important to those who are irreversibly or terminally ill and who wish for a peaceful death and wish to avoid CPR that will not restore their health.
