so i was in a situation the other day where we picked up a patient to take to a nursing home... going on hospice care. Family thought he was gonna die that day from his liver cancer but ultimately he hadn't and they expected no more than 72 hours for him to live. His respiration's were labored and rapid and slightly irregular, and his skin had just become jaundiced a couple hours before we arrived. I had put him on 5 liters for the comfort while in my care. Anyways, ultimately, we received the DNR from the family that was signed by the patient... but did not have a physicians signature! we called our supervisor to make sure we couldn't honor it and he told us we couldn't without the physicians signature , which we had figured already. On the drive to the nursing home... I sat there thinking to myself, I don't want this guy to die on me and have me work him when he obviously doesn't want to be resuscitated, and how much it sucks that it comes down to a piece of unsigned paper that I have to legally perform CPR on him. And I thought, I could "half-***" the CPR so it works in both parties favors.
Then I thought, that just seems wrong to ever half-*** CPR no matter the situation.
Luckily the drive went fine and uneventful. I just wanted to see what others had to say on this type of situation. :sad:
Then I thought, that just seems wrong to ever half-*** CPR no matter the situation.
Luckily the drive went fine and uneventful. I just wanted to see what others had to say on this type of situation. :sad: