Take Charge of Your Healthcare Decisions With the MOLST Form
Advance Directives and the Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) are NOT the same. If you live in Maryland and you do not want CPR, a MOLST form is the only document EMS personnel and healthcare professionals will follow.
The MOLST form is a set of medical orders that define life-sustaining treatment that a patient wants to receive or avoid. A physician, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant must complete or change the MOLST based on the patient’s current medical condition, prognosis, values, goals, preferences and MOLST instructions.
An Advance Directive is a legal document that has two parts:
- Naming a healthcare agent (a person who can make healthcare decisions when you are unable to make those decisions yourself)
- Living Will (instructions for your future medical treatment-including future inpatient treatment and/or end-of-life care)
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An Advance Directive and the Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) are NOT the Same
The process of securing your treatment wishes is easy and simple. Just follow these six steps in order to plan, consult, complete and post your MOLST so that everyone understands, follows and respects your wishes at all times.
If you live in Maryland and you do not want CPR, a MOLST form is the only document EMS personnel and healthcare professionals will follow.