'Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) orders: current practice and problems - and a possible Solution.'Zoe Fritz, Consultant Physician Cambridge University Hospitals and Wellcome Fellow in Bioethics
12.30pm - Lunch
1pm - Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) orders: current practice and problems - and a possible solution - Zoe Fritz, Consultant Physician Cambridge University Hospitals and Wellcome Fellow in Bioethics.
In this seminar Zoe will review the literature associated with DNACPR orders, and discuss the development and evaluation of an alternative approach, the Universal Form of Treatment Options (UFTO) (PDF).
Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation orders are common, with around 80% of those who die in hospital dying with one in place. They are, however, associated with several problems: they are completed on an 'ad hoc' basis; there are national and regional variations in their use and remit; neither doctors nor patients like initiating conversations about resuscitation decisions; DNACPR orders are often misunderstood to mean that other treatments should be withheld; patients with DNACPR orders often get fewer potentially beneficial treatments than those without them.
After presentation - time for discussion and networking until 2.30pm.
University of Nottingham School of Health Sciences Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham, NG7 2HA
email: kristian.pollock@nottingham.ac.uk