Pennsylvania Orders
POLST provides a structure for conversations about end of life issues and patient preferences for treatment as the end of life nears. A completed POLST form turns those preferences into medical orders that follow patients across care settings.
PA POLST Form
The POLST FORM and brief information on its development and use in Pennsylvania is accessible at the following links. Users are asked to print copies of the form on pulsar pink card stock (65#).
Pennsylvania – Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a medical order that gives patients more control over their end-of-life care. The POLST form specifies the types of medical treatment that a patient wishes to receive towards the end of life.
The POLST form documents the types of treatments that seriously ill people want at the end of life. It travels with the patient to help assure that treatment preferences are honored across settings of care (hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility etc.).
Pennsylvania Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Frequently Asked Questions • What is the POLST Paradigm? o An approach to end of life planning that emphasizes eliciting, documenting and honoring patients’ preferences about medical treatments they want to receive during a medical crisis or as they decline in health;
For Healthcare Professionals
POLST provides a structure for conversations about end of life issues and patient preferences for treatment as the end of life nears. A completed POLST form turns those preferences into medical orders that follow patients across care settings.
POLST
The POLST program encourages patients and their health care professionals to talk about the treatment patients want as they decline in health. Treatment choices can then be documented as medical orders on a bright pink form that follow patients across care settings.
For Patients and Families - papolst.org
The POLST program encourages patients and their health care professionals to talk about the treatment patients want as they decline in health. Treatment choices can then be documented as medical orders on a bright pink form that follow patients across care settings.
What is POLST? The POLST Form is a document that helps doctors, nurses, healthcare facilities and emergency personnel honor patient wishes regarding life-sustaining treatments in emergency situations. The POLST form includes information about: • preferences for resuscitation • …
Las «órdenes para el tratamiento del sostenimiento de vida» (POLST, en inglés) son directivas médicas que les proporcionan a los pacientes un mayor control sobre la atención a recibir al final de sus vidas.