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Signing Requirements
An Illinois Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form must be signed by the patient or their representative and a qualified health care practitioner.[1]
An Illinois do not resuscitate form enables patients to reject life-sustaining treatments when they suffer from cardiac or respiratory arrest. In addition to declining CPR and similar rescuscitation measures, the patient can use a POLST form to indicate other medical intervention preferences, such as intubation, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics, and artificial nutrition and hydration.
An Illinois do not resuscitate form enables patients to reject life-sustaining treatments when they suffer from cardiac or respiratory arrest. In addition to declining CPR and similar rescuscitation measures, the patient can use a POLST form to indicate other medical intervention preferences, such as intubation, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics, and artificial nutrition and hydration.
An Illinois Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form must be signed by the patient or their representative and a qualified health care practitioner.[1]