notresuscitateEthicsPersonaldevelopmentReflectionThis is a reflective account of an ethical dilemma encountered while on placement on a cardiology ward. Reflection is a process which allows practitioners to reveal and expose thoughts, behaviours and feelings that are present at a particular time. All ...
The continued use of the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order remains very confusing to health care workers, especially when surgical intervention is undertaken either by choice or necessity. Although ethics committees can aid in clarification, and the use of advance directives can further define patient ...
A do-not-resuscitate order instructs healthcare providers to refrain from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient’s breathing stops or if the patient’s heart stops beating. CPR can also pose a dilemma, but one worth considering, especially in the context of your health (or the heal...
This leads to the dilemma of the patient having a do-not- resuscitate (DNR) order in place when entering the perioperative setting. Should a DNR be sus- pended when a patient who is ter- minally ill undergoes a palliative surgical procedure for debulking a tumor or relieving an obstruction...
Health care management Assessing surrogate decision makers' state anxiety following a request for a Do Not Resuscitate order WALDEN UNIVERSITY Martha Giles SottileGiuseppeAn ethical dilemma resulting in anxiety is experienced by surrogates who are required to make end-of-life decisions on behalf of ...
Do Not Resuscitate with Peter Brindley (@docpgb), Karel Habig (@karelhabig), and Chris Nickson (@precordialthump) of RAGE
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Should a Reversible, But Lethal, Incident Not Be Treated When a Patient Has a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order?" in the 2014 issue of the periodical.DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.114-0093 被...
Ethical dilemma: do not resuscitate a vegetative paediatric patient/Dilema etico: no reanimar a un paciente pedistrico en estado vegetativo.(CLINICAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)Pat, Wong Pik YanSuen, Lorna Kwai PingChair, Sek Ying
Emergency room doctors at a University of Miami hospital faced a vexing ethical dilemma when paramedics wheeled in an unconscious man with a "Do Not Resuscitate" chest tattoo.Gregg Re
The patient was successfully resuscitated despite a do not resuscitate order (DNR order). A bolus aspiration of the nasal tamponade's gauze was discovered as the reason for the arrest. This case report underlines the ethical dilemma in patients with an otherwise undisputed DNR order when the ...