D.C. Code § 21-2221.08: Comfort care.

Regardless of the treatment orders on the MOST Form, EMS personnel and other health care professionals may provide the following interventions, as needed, to a patient for comfort or to alleviate pain:

(a)

(1)

Clear the airway, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(2)

Administer suction;

(3)

Provide oxygen, without the use of artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or endotracheal intubation;

(4)

Provide pain medication;

(5)

Control bleeding; or

(6)

Make any other necessary adjustments.