You are tasked with transporting a critically injured patient from a rural hospital to a tertiary care center. During the transport, you discover that the patient has expressed a desire not to be resuscitated in the event of cardiac arrest, but the referring hospital did not provide any documentation of a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. What should be your course of action?
Proceed with resuscitation according to standard protocols.
Refrain from resuscitation based on the patient's verbal statement.
Contact the referring hospital and wait for documentation before taking any action.
Ask the patient's family for confirmation and proceed based on their input.
In the absence of documented evidence of a patient's DNR status, healthcare providers should proceed with providing life-saving interventions according to standard protocols. This ensures the patient's immediate safety until further clarifications can be made. Failing to provide necessary care based on undocumented information may lead to ethical and legal repercussions.
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