Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 1, 2017 12:34:23 GMT
www.foxnews.com/health/2017/12/01/doctors-taken-aback-by-unconscious-patients-do-not-resuscitate-tattoo.html
There is no ethics issue.
A person may deserve to die for having a tatto rather than a medical directive, but there is no reason to expect the medical community to honor it.
Fortunately this story has a happy ending:
...& he died happily ever after!
Doctors treating the 70-year-old diabetic patient at first began lifesaving efforts. The patient had an elevated blood-alcohol level and a history of pulmonary disease.
But tatooed do-not-resuscitate requests are not considered valid by the Florida Department of Health, and the doctors were unable to immediately locate the man's family members or even identify him.
But tatooed do-not-resuscitate requests are not considered valid by the Florida Department of Health, and the doctors were unable to immediately locate the man's family members or even identify him.
A person may deserve to die for having a tatto rather than a medical directive, but there is no reason to expect the medical community to honor it.
Fortunately this story has a happy ending:
After a DNR order was written, officials found an official copy of the man’s DNR order from the Florida Department of Health. He died overnight without further lifesaving efforts, the doctors write.
“We were relieved to find his written DNR request, especially because a review of the literature identified a case report of a person whose DNR tattoo did not reflect his current wishes,” the doctors add.
“We were relieved to find his written DNR request, especially because a review of the literature identified a case report of a person whose DNR tattoo did not reflect his current wishes,” the doctors add.
