District of Columbia § 21-2221.08 Comfort care.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 21-2221.08 — Comfort care.

District of Columbia § 21-2221.08

Title 21Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Ch. 22Health-Care Decisions.

Subch. IIMOST Form.

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D.C. Code § 21-2221.08 (2026).

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Regardless of the treatment orders on the MOST Form, EMS personnel and other health care professionals may provide the following interventions, as needed, to a patient for comfort or to alleviate pain:

(1)Clear the airway, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(2)Administer suction;

(3)Provide oxygen, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(4)Provide pain medication;

(5)Control bleeding; or

(6)Make any other necessary adjustments.

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Regardless of the treatment orders on the MOST Form, EMS personnel and other health care professionals may provide the following interventions, as needed, to a patient for comfort or to alleviate pain:

(1) Clear the airway, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(2) Administer suction;

(3) Provide oxygen, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(4) Provide pain medication;

(5) Control bleeding; or

(6) Make any other necessary adjustments.