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What is a POLST form used for?

The Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a written medical order from a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant that helps give people with serious illnesses more control over their own care by specifying the types of medical treatment they want to receive during serious illness.

What happens if you do CPR on someone with a DNR?

Outside of a hospital, DNRs dont apply. This means, for instance, that an EMS worker can legally administer CPR even if a person has a DNR. Nonmedical professionals cant get into any kind of legal trouble for performing CPR on a person with a DNR.

What is the alternative for DNR?

DNAR reduces the implication that resuscitation is likely and creates a better emotional environment to explain what the order means. Allow natural death (AND) is the name recommended in some settings to make the meaning even clearer. Most hospitals still use the obsolete DNR term.

What is the difference between a POLST and a DNR?

Like a DNR, a POLST form lets EMS know whether or not the patient wants CPR. DNR orders only apply when a person does not have a pulse, is not breathing and is unresponsive. However, in most medical emergencies, a person does have a pulse, is breathing or is responsive. Thats where POLST is different.

How is post different from DNR?

Specifically, A DNR order instructs healthcare professionals to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A POST form provides more information and specifies other medical interventions.

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