A 77-year-old female is unresponsive, but breathing and with a pulse. On scene, a family member hands you an official document stating that the patient does not want feeding tubes, ventilators, or other long-term life support equipment to keep her alive. There is no mention of whether to administer life-saving drugs or withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The EMT would recognize this document
as a(n):
A) durable power of attorney.
B) living will document.
C) Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order.
D) implied consent.
B
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