EMS MOLST Training
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Professionals
The MOLST EMS Training is specifically designed to provide an overview of the MOLST Program and MOLST Comprehension for First Responders and EMS Personnel.
Continuing Education for EMS Providers
Key Points
- It is distributed as a BRIGHT PINK, cardstock, multi-page form, but it can be photocopied and faxed while remaining a medical order and legally binding.
- It may replace a NYS non-hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form.
- The NYS non hospital DNR form is still valid.
- It includes information to be used in other health care settings such as the hospital (i.e. placement of feeding tubes, and so on).
- Remember to ask is the MOLST form is present.
- Add "D" to the SAMPLE acronym:
- S - Signs and Symptoms
- A - Allergies
- M - Medication(s)
- P - Pertinent past medical history
- L - Last oral intake
- E - Events leading up to contacting 911
- D - Do you have advance directives and medical orders
(i.e. non-hospital DNR or MOLST)?
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EMS Enrichment Resources
EMS MOLST Implementation Steps
