Name: Who Decides? Patient & Family Rights on DNR, DNI, and Life-Sustaining Treatments?
Uploaded: 2025-08-26T12:00:00+00:00
Duration: 8 min 35 s
Description: Who Decides? Patient & Family Rights on DNR, DNI, and Life-Sustaining Treatments When a loved one is critically ill in ICU, families often struggle with decisions about Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), Do No

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Who Decides? Patient & Family Rights on DNR, DNI, and Life-Sustaining Treatments

When a loved one is critically ill in ICU, families often struggle with decisions about Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), Do Not Intubate (DNI), and life-sustaining treatments. In this video, Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com explains patient rights, surrogate decision-making, and when doctors can act without consent.

✅ What rights do competent adults have when it comes to refusing or accepting treatments?
✅ Who decides when the patient cannot—Medical Power of Attorney, family, or doctors?
✅ When can doctors issue a DNR/DNI order without family consent?
✅ The difference between withholding vs withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.
✅ How advance directives and POLST guide decision-making.
✅ Why documentation and ethics matter in every case.

🎯 Whether your loved one is ventilated, on dialysis, or facing critical end-of-life decisions in ICU, this guide will help you understand who has the authority to decide—and why patient autonomy comes first.