Terminology DNR and Do Not Resuscitate are common terms in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. This may be expanded in some regions with the addition of DNI (Do Not Intubate). DNI is specific for not allowing the placement of breathing tubes. In some hospitals DNR alone will imply no intubation, though 98% of intubations are unrelated to cardiac arrest; most intubations are for pneumonia or surgery. Clinically, the vast majority of people requiring resuscitation will require intubation, making a DNI alone problematic. Hospitals sometimes use the expression no code, which refers to the jargon term code, short for Code Blue, an alert to a hospital's resuscitation team. If a patient does want to be resuscitated, their code status may be listed as full code (the opposite of DNR). If the patient only wants to be resuscitated under certain conditions, this is termed partial code.
terminology dnr and do not resuscitate are common terms in the united states canada and new zealand this may be expanded in some regions with the addition of dni (do not intubate) dni is specific for not allowing the placement of breathing tubes in some hospitals dnr alone will imply no intubation though 98% of intubations are unrelated to cardiac arrest; most intubations are for pneumonia or surgery clinically the vast majority of people requiring resuscitation will require intubation making a dni alone problematic hospitals sometimes use the expression no code which refers to the jargon term code short for code blue an alert to a hospital's resuscitation team if a patient does want to be resuscitated their code status may be listed as full code (the opposite of dnr) if the patient only wants to be resuscitated under certain conditions this is termed partial code