What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation and what is a Do Not Resuscitate order?
New Hampshire law defines cardiopulmonary resuscitation as “those measures used to restore or support cardiac or respitory function in the event of a cardiac or respitory arrest” (RSA 137-J:2 VI). A Do Not Resuscitate order according to New Hampshire law is “an order that, in the event of an actual or imminent cardiac or respiratory arrest, chest compression and ventricular defibrillation will not be performed, the patient will not be intubated or manually ventilated, and there will be no administration of resuscitation drugs” (RSA 137-J:2 VIII).
