S.C. Code Ann. § 44-78-25: Duties of EMS personnel when presented with "do not resuscitate order".
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 44 - HEALTH
- CHAPTER 78 Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order Act
When called to render emergency medical services, EMS personnel must not use any resuscitative treatment if the patient has a "do not resuscitate order for emergency services" and the document is presented to the EMS personnel upon their arrival or if the patient is wearing a do not resuscitate bracelet. EMS personnel must provide that degree of palliative care called for under the circumstances which exist at the time treatment is rendered.
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