The DNR, short for "Do Not Resuscitate," is a critical one-page form for the frail elderly and those on hospice. It is completed with one's physician, physician assistant or nurse.

Official DNR forms or bracelets tell medics not to restart your heart if you suffer cardiac arrest, but doesn’t address issues like feeding tubes or ventilators.Although it’s better than ...

In response to an inquiry about this from several of us who work with end-of-life issues, OEMS on May 19, 2011, issued an updated memo clarifying and restating the substance of the 2004 memo—i.e ...