The issue of whether to initiate CPR in residents in long-term care facilities must acknowledge the right of residents to direct their course of treatment within the limits of recognized medical efficiency. The policy of PALTmed is to provide the highest quality of medical care to all long-term residents and their families in conformity with contemporary ethical and medical standards. Decisions to order treatment limitations in the case of cardiopulmonary arrest in residents within a long-term care facility should be based on medical science, ethical considerations, resident systems and patient autonomy,
Note: Effective August 13, 2024, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is now Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed).