I meant to include this link to the Daily Mail story. It explains more about the policy.
Well, that changes everything. Why didn’t the nurse tell the dispatcher Mrs. Bayless had a DNR?
If the facility’s policy is for its employees not to do CPR on anyone even if they don’t have a DNR, that’s wrong.
I know my own mother doesn’t want CPR - both her parents died suddenly of massive heart attacks and that’s how she’d like to go. But she’s not that old yet and may God give us more years together.
I hate doing CPR on people who are terminally ill or very old - it’s brutal. Frail ribs snapping, vomit welling up...if someone had a DNR and she were past the point of treating, it would be an honor to sit with her and hold her hand and pray for a peaceful passing.