Section 7-651.08 - Comfort care; alleviation of pain

Comfort care; alleviation of pain

EMS personnel may provide the following interventions to a patient who is wearing an intact comfort care bracelet or necklace that has not been defaced to comfort the patient or alleviate pain:

(1) Clear the airway, excluding artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or advanced airway management;

(2) Administer suction;

(3) Provide oxygen, excluding artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or advanced airway management;

(4) Provide pain medication;

(5) Control bleeding; or

(6) Make comfort adjustments.

CREDIT(S)

(Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-224, § 9, 48 DCR 27.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Legislative History of Laws
For D.C. Law 13-224, see notes following § 7-651.01.

Current through September 13, 2012