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These are my wishes if I have a terminal condition. _____ I do not want life-sustaining treatment (including CPR) started. If life-sustaining treatments are started, I want them stopped. _____ I want the life-sustaining treatments that my doctors think are best for me.

DNR stands for do not resuscitate. A DNR order instructs medical personnel not to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), electric shock to the heart, artificial breathing devices, or other invasive procedures to revive you if you stop breathing or your heart stops beating.

A do-not-resuscitate order (DNR) is a legally binding physician's order stating that no steps will be taken to restart a patient's heart or restore breathing if the patient experiences cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest.

Measures will then be provided to promote comfort during the dying process. Given the seriousness of the consequences of a DNR order, various guidelines have been issued in Australia with the aim of supporting health providers, patients and their families during this process.

Because it is a real-time medical order, a DNR would typically not be in place for a healthy person who would likely wish to be resuscitated.

A MOST form is a doctor's order that helps you keep control over medical care at the end of life. Like a Colorado CPR Directive, the form tells emergency medical personnel and other health care providers whether or not to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of a medical emergency.

MOST stands for Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment. It is a physician's order (also referred to as a medical order) that outlines a plan of care respecting the patient's wishes concerning care at life's end.

' In some cases, as with your grandad, doctors may decide that there should be no attempt to resuscitate a person if they have a cardiac arrest or stop breathing. This is called a DNACPR (do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation) order, often shortened to a DNR or DNAR.

Australia. In Australia, Do Not Resuscitate orders are covered by legislation on a state-by-state basis. In Victoria, a Refusal of Medical Treatment certificate is a legal means to refuse medical treatments of current medical conditions.

In Kentucky, it is the full responsibility of the patient, or their authorized representative, to request a DNR order; a physician is not required to provide confirmation of their patient's health status. Required to Sign Patient and a notary public OR two (2) witness not related to the patient.