New York is one of the more than twenty states that has an out-of-hospital DNR law intended to ensure that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel do not resuscitate terminally ill people at ...

But seconds later, the care home told the dispatcher that the 80-year-old had a do not resuscitate form (DNR) in his medical records. The paramedics were stood down. Mr Murray died minutes later.

The form, known as a DNR, means health professionals will ... out "an immediate review" into the circumstances of the Do Not Resuscitate order. A spokesperson for the health board said: "We ...