In the UK, patients with serious diseases are currently being encouraged to provide additional information about their condition when consulting with doctors in order to facilitate the handling of such patients in an emergency. Additional information includes whether the patient wants to be pursued in order to stay alive or want to die peacefully at home.
"Some patients with serious illnesses have added information about his last wish. We help ensure that their wishes are respected. Information about the patient's wishes can be seen by everyone, including some attending physicians and paramedics involved in treatment," said Minister of Health, England, Simon Burns.
He also explained that some patients have added a request that is not resuscitated in his medical records. This patient wanted a family and people who loved him no longer have to bother to pursue the things that are not necessary. Resuscitation is an attempt to revive patients who lost consciousness or coma.
"This scheme could ensure more and more the desire of patients to die with dignity at home can be met," said Simon Burns as dailymail released on Thursday (13/20/2011).
Jim Petter, Director of Professional Standards at the College of Paramedics, says that all the improvement schemes will be accepted. "At this time very sick patients who can give orders that are not resuscitated. This command can vary from a handwritten until the legal documents from attorneys," he said.
Paramedics are often faced with situations that are very complicated and must verify the documents he must immediately begin treatment. This decision needs to be made in minutes and often there are relatives who do not agree as to their own opinion.
"When there is no written evidence that the patient does not want resuscitated, we will immediately go to give him treatment. Anything that could standardize and verify the person's last wishes to be commended," said Petter. But Petter remained concerned about its application in a complex national system.
Medical officers need to see evidence of record discussions between patients with a physician about the patient's decision not to be resuscitated. Also unclear how the paramedic can get access to summary care record because it can not be seen from the ambulance computer today. Then who will be responsible for managing medical records to remain accurate and up to date? In situations where there are two patients with the same name in a nursing home, mistakes can occur.
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