DNACPR Decision
Quick Guide
- Open a Patient’s record within PowerChart.
- Click on Treatment Escalation Plan in the blue menu
- Click on the + button in the Treatment Escalation and Resus Status component and select Treatment Escalation Plan and Resuscitation Status.
- Select “DNACPR” to the “What is the resuscitation plan?” question.
- Tick “No” to the “Is this a copy of a valid community/paper DNACPR?” question.
- Select the Escalation plan
- Select if a Mental Capacity Assessment is necessary.
- Click on the DNACPR Decision page and select a reason for DNACPR decision.
- Complete the DNACPR discussion fields.
- Select the countersignature required in the Signing page of the form.
- Click the green tick to sign form.
- Refresh the Advance Care Planning Window.
- Key details from the form are now visible in the work page.
- The Resus status in the blue banner bar has updated followed by today’s date.
Updated: 21 November 2025