Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Program
The Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate
program allows people to decide that they do not want to be resuscitated
if they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. The program allows
people to declare that certain resuscitative measures will not be used
on them. Those resuscitative measures specifically listed in the
OOH DNR legislation are cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), advanced
airway management, defibrillation, artificial ventilations and transcutaneous
cardiac pacing.
OOH DNR forms can be ordered from the
Texas Medical Association or downloaded from the web.
You can contact TMA at:
Texas Medical Association
ATTN: DNR form
401 West 15th Street
Austin, Texas 78701-1680
(512) 370-1306 --- Recorded information concerning
the prices of the DNR form and bracelets.
Looking to order an OOH DNR identification
device? After completing
the Texas OOH DNR Order form, the patient may obtain, at the patient's
expense, an optional means of identification. The OOH DNR ID device
may only be obtained AFTER fully executing the Texas OOH DNR Order
form. A recent amendment to 25 TAC 157.25 gives consumers greater
choice in Texas OOH DNR identification devices by allowing more businesses
to offer identification devices. The amendment now requires:
(1) An intact, unaltered, easily
identifiable plastic identification OOH DNR bracelet, with the
word "Texas" (or a representation of the geographical shape
of Texas and the word "STOP" imposed over the shape) and the
words "Do Not Resuscitate", shall be honored by qualified
EMS personnel in lieu of an original OOH DNR Order form.
OR
(2) An intact, unaltered, easily
identifiable metal bracelet or necklace inscribed with the words, "Texas Do Not Resuscitate - OOH" shall be honored by
qualified EMS personnel in lieu of an OOH DNR Order form.
Approved
manufacturers for metal devices
(As of 2/22/01) |
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Approved
manufacturers for vinyl bracelets |
American Medical Identifications,
Inc.
Suite 100
949 Wakefield
Houston, Texas 77018
(800) 363-5985
www.americanmedical-id.com |
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Texas Medical Association
ATTN: DNR form
401 W. 15th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Order line: (512)370-1306 |
MedicAlert Foundation,
Inc.
2323 Colorado Ave.
Turlock, California 95382
(888) 755-1448
www.medicalert.org |
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Prices may vary between vendors. Contact vendors for information.
External links to other sites are intended to be informational
and do not have the endorsement of the Texas Department of Health. These
sites may also not be accessible to persons with disabilities.
HONORING DIRECTIVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
OFFENSE OF AIDING SUICIDE. A person does not commit an
offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code, by withholding or withdrawing
life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient in accordance with
this subchapter. (Health and Safety Code 166.047)
Specifications regarding the OOH DNR
form:
- The red "STOP" logo in the
upper left-hand corner is no longer required to be in color on the current
OOH DNR Order form.
- The current OOH DNR Order form is on
standard letter-size paper, 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
- The current version of the form can be
copied and used as an original.
- The correct form should be printed with
the OOH DNR Order form on the front and the instructions on the back
of the sheet.
- Copies of an executed TDH Standard OOH
DNR Order can be made and are legal, binding documents.
Files marked with
this emblem are Adobe Acrobat files allowing most computer platforms
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OOH DNR Forms and
Information
If you
are distributing blank OOH DNR forms to be filled out by patients,
family and doctors, the blank form MUST include the OOH DNR form on one side
and the instructions on the other side. In the instructions,
there is some information required by law that must be made available
to the patient, family, witnesses and doctors before the form
is signed.
Emergency
medical services personnel can honor an OOH DNR form that appears to have been properly
executed, even if the instructions are not on the opposite side.
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To
print a DNR form
An OOH DNR Order form must be properly executed in accordance
with the instructions on the opposite side to be considered a valid
form by emergency medical services personnel. |
Instructions in Spanish (Word) (PDF ) An OOH DNR Order form
must be properly executed in accordance with the instructions on the
opposite side to be considered a valid form by emergency medical services
personnel. The signature side of the Texas OOH DNR form (that can
be printed from the link above) is still used for the form to be considered
a valid form. |
DNR
Brochure |
Interim
Instructions for filling out the older form correctly These
instructions apply to the 8-inch by 14-inch OOH DNR form with the
red logo, revised September 27, 1996, and not to the current form
which can be printed from the above link or the form version that
was revised May 17, 2000. |
Frequently Asked Questions about OOH DNR
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Out-of-Hospital
Do Not Resuscitate Legislation
Other
informative links to DHS, others
Last updated May 30, 2007
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