by user5994461 on 12/4/17, 5:50 PM
It's a trivial legal question. The answer is that you resuscitate right now, without any hesitation.
You don't want to explain to the judge that you let someone die because of a stupid tatoo, that may very well come from 10 years ago.
by sp332 on 12/4/17, 5:34 PM
The majority of suicide attempts are driven by temporary situations. Postponing a suicide attempt usually means the person will reconsider.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0805923 Are there any such studies on people reconsidering their DNR?
by michaelt on 12/4/17, 5:39 PM
“Paper gets lost, and some people do not trust paper. This
man may have been trying to safeguard against that
He was wise to distrust, as it turns out, given that they decided to temporarily ignore the tattoo despite the fact there was a valid form on file for him.
by lev99 on 12/4/17, 5:09 PM
I wish that these tattoos carried as much weight as a paper DNR. People that prefer DNR currently have no way to express their wishes when outside of a health care facility.
by tomatsu on 12/4/17, 5:27 PM
There are probably some people who go with the DNR route because the healthcare system isn't that great in the US. They might prefer being 6 feet under over being crushed by debt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt
> 70 million Americans either have difficulty paying for medical treatment or have medical debt.
by killjoywashere on 12/4/17, 5:22 PM
I think I might get a similar tattoo, but with a URL, QR code, and a chip. The url and QR code will point to a github repo with my DNR. Which I will sign with a "No really, I mean it" statement that is cryptographically signed, maybe once a day, once a week, something like that. The chip will also have the key to authenticate the git signatures. And, in the DNR, I will have directions to contact my pre-paid attorney, with further direction to summon them to the ICU and make sure my wishes are carried out.
by divbit on 12/4/17, 6:17 PM
[If I put a do not resuscitate tatoo on my blind friend is that a paddling](philosoraptor.gif)
by xg15 on 12/4/17, 5:49 PM
So, if I work in a tatoo parlor and don't like someone, I can just tatoo DNR on their back and let things sort themselves out?