After performing CPR on a patient later given a DNAR, Cara Large wondered why the decision had not been taken earlier
During my final clinical placement with a critical care outreach team, we responded to a cardiac arrest call for a woman in her eighties who had been admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia.
Nursing Standard. 32, 20, 36-36. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.20.36.s29
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