End of life care: Emergencies and CPR

1. 146. Emergencies can arise when there is no time to make a proper assessment of the patient’s condition and the likely outcome of CPR; when no previous DNACPR decision is in place; and when it is not possible to find out the patient’s views. In these circumstances, CPR should be attempted, unless you are certain you have sufficient information about the patient to judge that it will not be successful.