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Do Not Resuscitate Orders, ID Bracelets & Experiences
Do you have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate Order) with your primary care physician? Do you wear a medical ID bracelets/necklace with DNR instructions? What experiences have you (or if you are a caregiver) had with Medical IDs, specifically with the DNR orders? Is there anything critically important that you should consider before you put this on your id and what has happened to people who wear it. (I mean do the EMTs follow instructions?) Appreciate insights.
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and sure enough. they did. d 🏳️🌈
Does anyone have any experience with having a POLST order for Comfort Care Only and then entering a nursing home or assisted living facility. Did it have any impact on your admittance?
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1 ReactionIs the person involved already a hospice patient?
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3 ReactionsNo, he’s not in Hospice yet. I am leaning towards having him evaluated though.
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3 ReactionsI have DNR on my medical records, I never was given a card or anything to carry. Should I ask my primary about that?.
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4 ReactionsYes, Lilly, if you want the order to be followed at home or when you may be out in the public.
Without clearly visible proof of it on your person, any EMS, health care provider or other intervening person in an emergency would proceed with needed care to resolve the apparent medical issue... including CPR, intubation, etc.
All the best!
/LarryG
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8 ReactionsMy caregiving joke is "I have one tattoo on my body". Pause. Then, the reaction comes - "where is this tattoo?' I simply point to my heart and say, "DNR".
Think about it. No questions asked. One person said they would use a black permanent ink version vs. the tattoo. I guess I need another tattoo explaining my body has been designated for science, call this number and have the number tattooed to my chest too. lol...
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7 Reactions@lily71 I wear a medical alert bracelet almost all the time. One the back of it includes the DNR, plus the POLST copy in my car.
For me, it's very important that my medical team and anyone else who is in contact with me, understands my wishes. It might seem macabre to some, but not to me.
Ginger
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8 ReactionsI will definitely get me a bracelet
Thank you
God bless 🙏
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8 ReactionsI had a DNR and when I had lung surgery they resuscitated me and put me on a ventilator. Later on I told the doctor that I told her I didn't want to be resuscitated or put on a ventilator. He told my sister who was my executor that he Considered a murder to not save my life. Now I'm not sure what to say but they don't always follow your wishes. I was not happy at the time but now I'm I'm OK but it's sometimes I still go through so many exacerbations and that I wish they had just let me go.
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