District Of Columbia Code § 7-651.08

Comfort care; alleviation of pain.
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EMS personnel may provide the following interventions to a patient who is wearing an intact comfort care bracelet or necklace that has not been defaced to comfort the patient or alleviate pain:
Clear the airway, excluding artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or advanced airway management;
Administer suction;
Provide oxygen, excluding artificial ventilation, esophageal obturator airway, or advanced airway management;
Provide pain medication;
Control bleeding; or
Make comfort adjustments.

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