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DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Guidelines for Medical ID Wearers
A medical ID allows you to communicate your choice when you cannot speak for yourself. A DNR or Do Not Resuscitate request is usually made by the patient or health care power of attorney and allows the medical teams taking care of them to respect the patient’s wishes.
In the U.S., CPR and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) will not be performed if a valid written "DNR" order is present. Although laws may vary by state or county, it is typical for emergency medical services personnel who are presented with a valid DNR form, signed by your doctor, or who identify a standard DNR bracelet on you, to comply with the DNR order.
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) allows patients with a DNR order to do the following:
- Prevent over treatment of elderly/disabled Medicare/Medicaid patients for the profit motive.
- Save money for Medicare and the private insurers in the form of the reduction of end-of-life costs for Medicare and the private insurers when elderly Medicare/Medicaid patients would ELECT/CHOOSE to refuse expensive ICU/CCU life-extending or life-saving treatments in the hospital in order to shorten their suffering unto a certain death.
- Wearing a DNR bracelet or necklace has become standard way for people to communicate their choice of a natural death over life
How can you get a Do Not Resuscitate order?
An important first step before getting a DNR order is to communicate your desires for end-of-life care with those closest to you. From there, you need to inform those who handle your medical care and coordinate with them to ensure you have the correct and official documentation in place with the proper signatures.
Do you need more information on DNR requirements and forms? Please select your state below:
DNR Requirements and Forms (A-M)
- Alabama - Alabama Public Health
- Alaska - Comfort One Program
- Arizona - Arizona Healthcare Directives Registry
- Arkansas - Rules and Regulations for DNR
- California - DNR and Physician Orders
- Colorado - CPR Directives
- Connecticut - DNR Orders
- Delaware - Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Florida - Do Not Resuscitate Order
- Georgia - DNR Order
- Hawaii - CCO and DNR Information
- Idaho - POST Patient FAQs
- Illinois - Advance Directives and DNR Orders
- Indiana - Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations
- Iowa - Out of Hospital DNR
- Kansas - Advance Directives Information and DNR Form
- Kentucky - Kentucky Emergency Medical Services (DNR)
- Louisiana - Declarations for Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Maine - Comfort Care/DNR Program
- Maryland - Order for Life Sustaining Treatment
- Massachusetts - Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and DNR
- Michigan - Do Not Resuscitate Policy
- Minnesota - DNR Information
- Mississippi - Advance Health Care Directive
- Missouri - DNR Order
- Montana - Do Not Resuscitate Protocol
DNR Requirements and Forms (N-Z)
- Nebraska - Advance Directive Information
- Nevada - DNR Application
- New Hampshire - Do Not Resuscitate Identification
- New Jersey - DNR Orders
- New Mexico - DNR Orders
- New York - DNR Order - DNR FAQs
- North Carolina - DNR and MOST Forms
- North Dakota - DNR Handbook
- Ohio - DNR Information
- Oklahoma - DNR Consent Form
- Oregon - End of Life Care
- Pennsylvania - Out of Hospital DNR Orders
- Rhode Island - DNR Comfort One Handbook
- South Carolina - EMS DNR Order
- South Dakota - Advanced Directives (DNR Orders)
- Tennessee - POST/DNR Info
- Texas - Do Not Resuscitate Program
- Utah - Life With Dignity / POLST / DNR
- Vermont - DNR Form
- Virginia - Durable Do Not Resuscitate Program
- Washington - DNR Info
- West Virginia - Do Not Resuscitate Act
- Wisconsin - DNR Info
- Wyoming - WyoPOLST – Portable Medical Orders
If you or a loved one is interested in a DNR, please discuss this with your physician to ensure you have the proper paperwork on file and accessible.
*Requirements may vary by state or county; please consult proper medical and legal advice before engraving your DNR wishes on a medical ID.
