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.
