35-year-old Woman in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — 35yo Woman | Ethics | SMLE Q#11797
SMLE Question #11797
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
Last updated: February 2026
A 35-year-old woman collapses at home and is brought to the emergency department. She has end-stage heart failure and metastatic cancer. On arrival, she is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless, and CPR is started. During resuscitation, her family reports she previously refused resuscitation, but no written advance directive or documented DNR order is available. What is the most appropriate immediate action by the treating physician?
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