Do Not Resuscitate- what do your family know?
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14 years ago today my very patient better half almost killed me( it’s not what you are thinking).......well it could be argued that I was dead anyway but that's a story for another day ( when i almost became a Never Event statistic!).
It all started after an emotional episode of Greys’ anatomy where I declared I never want to be resuscitated but never got to really explain under what circumstances (I thought I had!). Well the day comes when I'm lying there being resuscitated x 3, himself in shock, resus successful, emergency surgery..... surgeon comes out to inform himself that they have managed to save me and that’s when he informs the surgeon that I'm against being resuscitated! We are all glad he failed to mention that while i was being resuscitated prior to surgery. I have now clarified the circumstances under which i would not want to resuscitated .
Have you talked to and explained to your loved ones your wishes when it comes to #resuscitation #endoflifecare
Nursing Standard on Instagram 16th March 2020
Nursing standard¹ have a great article about Marie Curie’s Talkabout campaign, that encourages people to openly talk about death and dying. They also had a feature on nursing and DNACPR orders², that clarifies the Nursing and Midwifery councils position on nurses who don’t start CPR where a DNACPR order is in place.
Links to the articles can be found below.
Nursing Standard( Linkedin): https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/opinion/comment/talking-about-death-and-dying-covid-19-has-taught-us-not-to-wait-161456 [Accessed June 2020]
Nursing Standard: https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nursing-and-midwifery-council-clarifies-its-position-nurses-who-do-not-start-cpr-159536 [Accessed June 2020]
