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Originally Posted by billethkid
I recently heard about a person who has a DNR and they also do not want 911 to be called.
Right or wrong I associate DNR to mean NOT prolonging life via various life support mechanisms.
That is not how I view calling 911.
While I do honor ones wishes... I have a very different view of the need for 911.......saving VS prolonging.
Other opinions/experiences?
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I listened to a doctor being interviewed on NPR. He has DNR tattooed on his left chest. He said only 8% (9.%1 per American Heart Association) of people who receive out-of-hospital CPR survive. Of those 8 people 4 will require life-long care due to serious disability, 4 will return to their previous lives with some form of disability, and 2 (2%) will return to their lives and function at the same level as they did prior to CPR. A google search will show survival figures as high as 45% which is why I used The American Heart Association.
Unfortunately a DNR tattoo will be disregarded by EMTs because it isn't a bona fide legal document- i.e. signature, witness signature, etc., and EMTs are fearful that honoring this tattoo would subject them to legal trouble.