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Originally Posted by Michael 61
I would always call 911- so if a person simply slipped in the bathroom and knocked themselves unconscious, you should not call 911, if that is in their DNR?
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You having difficulty with the very clear difference between not performing CPR when a person has no heartbeat and/or no respirations versus not getting help for someone who is breathing, has a heartbeat and is simply unconscious? A DNR has absolutely no application to the situation you wrote about.
The DNR form in Florida comes in both a large size usually kept on the refrigerator and a wallet size obviously kept in a wallet. Interestingly CPR training does not instruct either a paramedic or a bystander to check the wallet for the presence of a DNR form at any point, thus having on your person a DNR form will not prevent people from doing CPR. That is why the doctor mentioned above added a tattoo.