Sunnybrook Medical Grand Rounds: "The Use and Misuse of DNR Orders"

R.S. McLAUGHLIN LECTURE THEATRE 1200 Hours, Wed.

Room EG-61 Sept. 22, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

The Use and Misuse of DNR Orders

Dr. Gordon Rubenfeld

Chief, Program in Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care

1. To understand the history of CPR and No CPR orders.

2. To understand the unintended consequences of No CPR orders and what must be done

to prevent them.

3. To learn why the No CPR decision should be the easiest and least important decision about

limiting life sustaining therapy in seriously ill patients.

New Standardized Orders: No CPR

Dr. Cameron Guest

Department of Critical Care Medicine

1. To introduce new standardized order sets and accompanying documents.

2. To discuss the rationale for these new forms.