DNR Information Available
The State of Ohio specific rules on standardizing the procedures physicians, emergency medical service personnel and health care facilities must use when withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The rules also dictate standard forms for "do-not-resuscitate" (DNR) identification and provide resolution of conflict between DNR identification and Ohio's Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. According to the rules, health care providers are also required to follow the DNR protocol and to withhold CPR from a person with DNR identification.
The AMC/NOMA has an information packet available to members, detailing the standardized DNR orders for physicians.
DNR standardized orders information is available on the following Web sites:For information or to obtain a copy a law pamphlet which include detailed information on various end of life choices you can log on to The Ohio Bar Association web site at www.ohiobar.org.
The Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Organization web site also offers information and forms regarding end of life choices/advance directives at www.ohpco.org
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization web site provide state specific advance directives at www.nhpco.org
For more information or to receive a DNR packet, and/or a copy of Ohio advance directives contact the
Professional Relations Department, or call 216.520.1000, ext. 314.