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Swiss doctors ask patients over 60 to sign “Do Not Resuscitate” order in advance

Swiss doctors ask patients over 60 to sign “Do Not Resuscitate” order
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Warning that Switzerland’s intensive care units (ICUs) are nearing full capacity, Swiss physicians urged people who are vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 to sign end-of-life “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders in an effort to ease the pressure on overwhelmed ICUs.

People considered vulnerable are those aged 60 years and older, as well as people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory diseases.

Pro Senectute Schweiz, an organization for the elderly, blasted the advice, which they labeled “excessive.” They also said that the advice was premature, especially given how the country’s ICU capacity is not currently at risk of running out of beds, contrary to what physicians claim.

However, the Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI) insisted that individuals particularly susceptible to the coronavirus should put their wishes on paper should they contract the disease and lose the ability to talk to medical staff.

In a statement, the SGI said that signing end-of-life orders will support both the patients and the medical staff in the ICU.

A call for responsibility, not sacrifice

A DNR order is a medical order written by a physician and signed by a patient. It instructs healthcare workers not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient’s breathing stops or if the heart stops beating.

While controversial, DNRs are often doled out in cases when survival rate is extremely low, such as if a patient is terminally ill or in hospice care.

In a statement, Pro Senectute Schweiz acknowledged that the call by the SGI for vulnerable individuals to sign DNR orders can be considered sensible advice in normal times.

However, Switzerland is yet to face an “absolute emergency situation” that would warrant such an appeal. The advice created an impression of urgency inappropriate for a decision that demands deep consideration, added the group.

Responding to this, SGI President Thierry Fumeaux, who also works at an ICU unit in the Swiss town of Nyon, said that the advice is not “a call for sacrifice.” Instead, it is just a call for people to take responsibility for their autonomy.

Moreover, Fumeaux said that the advice to sign end-of-life DNR orders was about thinking ahead, rather than attempting to cause panic in individuals who might face a heightened risk of suffering from complications due to COVID-19. The message should also not be misconstrued to mean that vulnerable people should not get the same care as others, added Fumeaux.

On Monday, Nov. 23, Swiss health authorities reported that 410 new COVID-19 patients were hospitalized. As of the time of writing, Switzerland has 309,469 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4,393 COVID-19 deaths, as per the Johns Hopkins University‘s Coronavirus Resource Center.

Swiss appeal triggers ethical questions, conversations

While controversial, the appeal has sparked serious conversations about DNR orders within the context of the pandemic. (Related: UK hospital denied intensive care treatment to over half its coronavirus patients.)

Antonio Cuzzoli, who was head of intensive care at northern Italy’s Cremona Hospital from March to July, has dubbed some COVID-19 patients’ refusal of treatment as an act of heroism.

On the other hand, Emma Cave, a professor of healthcare law at Durham University in the U.K., said that it is both a moral and a legal necessity to allow patients the chance to express their end-of-life wishes.

If healthcare providers fail to recognize that necessity, they risk breaching patients’ rights, she added.

Meanwhile, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) agency of the U.K.’s Department of Health and Social Care is currently reviewing how DNR orders are conducted during the pandemic. The CQC is in charge of monitoring hospitals and nursing homes.

The department had asked the CQC to conduct the review in response to concerns that older adults and other vulnerable populations were being subjected to DNR orders without their consent.

Read the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic at Pandemic.news.

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