Many individuals have an opinion as to what medical treatments he or she should receive as death approaches. The State of Oregon has adopted a written form entitled Advance Directive to Physicians which allows a person to give some direction as to the level of medical treatment they want in their final days. The Advance Directive to Physicians also provides a method for naming a Health Care Representative for when a person is unable to make his or her own medical decisions.
Another method of providing for instructions as to the level of medical treatment to be provided by emergency medical service providers is called a POLST - Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. The POLST declaration, signed by the person and his or her physician, is normally left in a visible place where emergency medical service providers can become aware of the instructions. Oregon has also established an electronic POLST Registry which enables first responders and providers to call from the field and be informed of a patient's POLST orders.
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