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D.C. Code § 7-651.08

Comfort care; alleviation of pain

Apr. 3, 2001, D.C

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.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.