Quick Guide

How to record a DNACPR status for a patient admitted from Community.

1. Open the Patient record.
2. Click on the Treatment Escalation Plan in the blue menu to open the Advance Care Planning window.
3. In the Treatment Escalation and Resus Status component, click on the + button and select Treatment Escalation Plan and Resuscitation Status to open the form.
4. In the escalation page, complete fields:
   • What is the resuscitation plan? – Select DNACPR.
   • Is this a copy of an existing valid community/paper DNACPR – Select Yes and enter date, name of original responsible clinician and status.
   • What is the escalation plan?
   • Are there any other specific treatments which would or would not be appropriate for this patient?
   • Additional Documentation Details section – there are conditional fields which will produce mandatory fields dependant on the response to certain questions.
   • Is a Mental Capacity Assessment necessary?
5. You do not need to complete the DNACPR Decision page.
6. Click on Signing page, dependant on the counter signature selected, you will have additional mandatory fields to complete.
7. Click green tick top left-hand side to sign the form.
8. Click on the refresh button.
9. Close the Advance Care Planning form and refresh the patient record, the Resus status in the banner bar has updated to be followed by today’s date.

• If a countersignature is required, then senior clinicians will need to countersign the form- follow the Countersigning a DNACPR decision user guide.
• If no countersignature is needed you will then need to access Document Creation to create a DNACPR form.